Sunday, our children and grandchildren spent the day with us in celebration of Father’s Day. The house was rockin’ and rollin’. Boys love to wrestle and box. One of the older cousins stuffed his tee shirt with pillows for the battle with his six year old cousin. The house was full of laughter – not …
“Sing to the Lord a new song; sing to the Lord, all the earth. Sing to the Lord, bless His name! Proclaim good tidings of His salvation from day to day.”
Many years ago, when Rick and I moved to Sebastopol, California, there was a small start-up non-commercial radio station, KCLB-FM, offering “positive alternative” broadcasting. I started listening and never stopped. The music was important to my state of mind and helped me in my writing. I listened to it at home and every time I …
“When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.”
I can’t believe I have a grandson old enough to graduate from high school. But there he is. I remember Shannon telling me on the telephone that her water broke. Early. Off she and Rich went to Johns Hopkins in Baltimore while the family waited nervously on the west coast. Our grandson arrived safely on …
“Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends.”
American Revolutionary War (1775-1783) 25,000 died in combat; 25,000 wounded War of 1812 (1812-1815) 15,000 died; 5,000 wounded Mexican-American War (1846-1848) 13,283 died; 4,152 wounded The American Civil War 214,938 died in combat, an estimated 400,000-500,000 died of other causes: wounds, infection, disease; total deaths approximately 750,000 (420 died each day) World …
“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men (and women) to do nothing.” Edmund Burke “HE has told you, O man, what is good and what the Lord requires of you, but to do justice, to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God.” Micah 6:8
Last weekend, I flew up to Reno to take part in the Redeeming Love Conference put on by the Awaken Reno ministry and hosted by Outlook Christian Church. Before the event, I had the opportunity to hang out with the five amazing women of faith who put this event together. The idea started with their …
I’m always afraid to say too much about a project I’m working on because it seldom turns out to be like the outline. Characters tend to take over and I’m just along for the ride to see where they’re going to end up. In this case, I don’t want to say too much because there …