Our daughter, Mary, texted me early one morning. “I’ve been praying that prayer to Lionel before bed — the one you always said to Dave and me growing up…it reminds me of you praying for us as you took us to school.” Lionel is her six-month-old son. I smiled and thought, “She’s remembered that prayer all …
My friend Bobby texted me, asking for prayer. We’ve been close friends for twenty-five years. Bobby’s one of those guys you can reconnect with after months of absence and pick up where you left off, like you talked just the other day. Bobby informed me that lifting all those heavy squats had finally caught up …
After a prayer of gratitude, Lori and I clinked our water glasses together to celebrate. We were eating at one of our favorite Italian restaurants. “Here’s to a cancer-free life and no more tamoxifen,” I said. It had been almost four years since her initial diagnosis and surgery. Then she began taking tamoxifen, a drug …
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“How long is one lap around Churchill Downs?” “What’s the average rainfall in Marion County?” “How much snow do you get here?” “Why is Kentucky called ‘The Bluegrass State’?” “When was the Ark built?” — referring, of course, to the Ark Encounter in Williamstown. Lori and I had friends from Oklahoma visiting us recently. They …
Each day I vow to look for ways God is working in my life, but sometimes I’m too preoccupied with lesser things to see the glory of his presence. One of Lori’s and my favorite episodes of Everybody Loves Raymond is the one titled “Italy.” Raymond acts like a spoiled kid through the first of the two-part …