“Let’s not get anything for each other this Valentine’s,” Lori announced to me. “We don’t have time to look, and besides, we need to save the money.” But how do I know she means it? A man can never be completely sure. Sometimes his Valentine’s underlying message is: “I really want to be wowed but …
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It certainly wasn’t the first time I had prayed for my friend, Don Hughes, but I was convinced it was my last. Our friendship was forged by prayer as he fought colon cancer. Several years ago, Gene, one of Don’s five sons, told me his dad was sick. “Would you please pray for him?” he asked. And …
British author and philosopher C.S. Lewis once observed, “Everyone thinks forgiveness is a lovely idea until he has something to forgive.” I thought of Lewis’ statement after the University of Louisville hired Bobby Petrino as their head football coach for the second time. Not being a Cardinal fan, forgiving the coach for his past mistakes …
Mention the smells of Christmas and most people have little trouble ticking off their favorites: the perfume of evergreen , the citrusy smell of fruit in the Christmas stockings, cinnamon spice tea brewing, the aroma of gingerbread cookies and pumpkin bread baking. So popular are these smells that they’ve been packaged in Christmas aerosol sprays, …
I love Christmas season. In many ways, it is the most wonderful time of the year. I even find myself humming along with Andy Williams, not that I have plans for jingle bell ringing or mistltoeing this Christmas, but I do hope my “heart will be glowing/ When love ones are near.” But, Christmas isn’t like that …
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