The first time I came to Portland camp meeting was in 1977. My mother called me during my trip and said, “Be sure to ...
"Bottleneck” is a term we commonly use to describe points of congestion in roadways. It might be a place where two lanes of traffic merge into one, or where traffic on a major highway must slow to city speed limits as it passes through a small...
On a missionary trip to Romania, our group experienced what winter is like there. It was difficult—a lot of snow...
My family loves to take short vacations to the beach every once in a while. One of the things we like to do there is to buy a puzzle and put it together. We have a process we always follow—first we turn all the pieces right-side-up,...
Someone gave me a sourdough starter about ten years ago. When you want a loaf of sourdough bread, you add several ingredients to the starter to make dough for baking. And you always save and maintain...
Recently I was reading the book Fearfully and Wonderfully Made, by Phillip Yancey and Paul Brand. It has some interesting things to say about touch. Apparently, the word touch has such a plethora of meanings that in many dictionaries,...
After arriving home from a recent journey, I tried to recover from my jetlag by reading a book. It was written by Stephen Ambrose about the building of the Transcontinental Railroad, and it had a very interesting title: Nothing Like It in the World. I thought, That is quite a declaration! I...
For the last several years, I have been a gutter man by trade. I have had the opportunity to work on thousands of homes, and have seen some terrible workmanship along the way. On a few houses, the builders tried to make an imitation foundation—they just set up some...