Last Friday, in "My Crazy Hero, Part 3", I told the story of my dad's service to the army of Belgium, and his fierce loyalty to his country and the allied cause during WWII.My dad was so disappointed the day the Nazis overran Belgium. To him, this was the end of the...
We finally awoke to a "dry" day in Juneau. The sun wasn't shining and there was a heavy cloud cover overhead; but for the moment, the clouds were higher in the sky, and other than an occasional drizzle that was meant to remind us that we were, indeed, in Alaska, they...
I've often wondered how people's personal stories might have been different if it hadn't been for war. I am aware that for many of you reading this may actually be, right now, in the midst of a war, and I can only imagine the horrors you are going through on a daily...
As I began to tell last Friday, my dad was always my hero. I was so proud to call him my dad, and with each of his childhood stories, I admired him more and more...He was definitely a prankster. In fact, he took the goal of being a prankster to a new level; and even...
The past few devotional that have been appearing on Fridays have looked at some heroes of WWII. As I thought about these heroes, I began to realize that I had a "hero" in my own family, and that the world could perhaps learn a few lessons from my hero, my dad....My...
In the face of a recession, and possibly even an upcoming depression, many of us are feeling a bit uneasy. Especially those who may have recently lost their homes, their jobs, or their career! Tension runs high in families, and some couples have even split up over...
"I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you." (John 15:15 NIV)Travel wasn't exactly easy during the COVID pandemic....