“Did you remember to get the cake?” I asked. “Of course,” my wife answered, acting surprised that I would doubt their dependability on such a critical mission. Lori, my daughter, Madi, and daughter-in-law, Kayla, had picked out a cake, Chocolate Orea, they knew he would like. The next day we celebrated his birthday. He would …
“This is God’s Word to me; it reminds me that in Jesus Christ, all my sins are forgiven; in Jesus Christ, I have a hopeful future, and in Jesus Christ, I have the possibility of a great day every day, and that includes today.” Those words, written in a letter to the parents of a …
“Today will be a busy day on Hick’s Mountain,” Lori said as we sat on the back porch, sipping our favorite morning brew: Irish Breakfast hot tea. Lori was referring to the Fourth of July gatherings where we grew up in Oklahoma. Hick’s Mountain happened to be where my parents, and a slew of other …
I relish the sunrise anytime—fall, winter, spring, summer— just like I can enjoy a good steak, regardless of the season. But summer puts some extra jam on the biscuit: in summer, or even spring, I can step outside and at once be enveloped by the sun’s aura as it awakens my little corner of the …
“What did you think about Abraham Lincoln?” I asked my grandson as we were walking out of the visitor center at the Lincoln birthplace in Hodgenville, Ky. Eli was barely 5 years old at the time. He needed someone to care for him on Fridays, because pre-school was available only Monday through Thursday. I volunteered, …