There are periods in all of our lives when peace in any form can scarcely be imagined. I experienced something like that on what threatened to be an extremely dark day in my life.
At the time, my son and his wife were planning to divorce. They...
Have you ever had a cup of hot Dr. Pepper? It is surprisingly good! Many years ago, while at a friend’s house, we had the opportunity to try some. Dr. Pepper in a glass with ice is good, too. However, warm Dr. Pepper is pretty awful. Anyone who has...
To this day, I can still remember giving my first testimony. I was sixteen years of age, and that afternoon, I was attending a youth service at the same church where I had been saved just two weeks before. The leader of the meeting opened a time for personal testimonies, specifically asking for testimonies from those who had...
Being a baseball fan, at times I cannot help but notice the determined look that comes across...
For several successive Octobers, we watched our daughter and her family prepare for a deer hunting expedition in central Oregon. For at least a month prior to each trip,...
Computer users regularly come across the term “default setting.” These are the settings that determine nearly every aspect of a computer’s operation. For example, in the document I am currently writing, the default setting for the font size is twelve, and the default font style is “Times New Roman.”...
When we arrived on the scene, my mother was lying on her couch, her right hand clutched to her heart, gasping heavily. She had always...
As a boy, I helped my father do janitorial work at a local business. After more than fifty years, I still remember a little note posted on one of the desks there that read, “If you never do any more than what you are paid for, you will never get paid for any more...