I remember when I was young a friend of mine and I got into some trouble. We grew up only a mile apart. His family owned the farm that connected to my grandparents’ farm and we played together every day after school. One particular day we were in my grandfather’s old milk house. My grandfather [...]
Archive for January, 2012
The Power of Friendship…
Jan 26
Forgetful
Jan 21
If you are like me, you forget a lot. My wife can tell me to do something (I mean ask me to do something) and ten minutes later it still isn’t done. Why? Because I forgot. I didn’t do it on purpose, I just had something else taking up residence in my brain at the [...]
A True Leader
Jan 16
Isn’t satellite tv one of the best inventions ever? At the touch of a button you can surf through hundreds of channels, and not find a thing to watch. One night a few years ago I was flipping through the channels trying to find something to watch, and I found this show called “Dog [...]
We Were on His Mind…
Jan 10
My mother recently underwent a fourteen hour surgery to reconstruct her breasts after losing them to cancer. I woke up early so I could make it to the hospital in time to see her before the doctors put her under. When I arrived, I cracked some jokes and spoke with her and the doctors. When [...]
You’ve Got A Disease
Jan 5
Most of us in America have a disease that has yet to be diagnosed. I hate to be the one to break it to you, but I think it’s true. Let me describe some of the symptoms. A man with this disease has been known to walk into a garage and see a car that [...]
I recently read a book by one of my favorite Christian authors, Max Lucado, titled “In the Eye of the Storm”. This book discusses how Jesus thought and dealt with stress, comparing it to our lives and the stresses we sometimes face. It talks about Jesus feeding the masses with limited food, and how he [...]