It was in 2016. My family and I were on vacation, visiting the Saxon Switzerland National Park in Germany when I saw him. I'm not sure exactly why he caught my attention, but I knew from the moment I laid eyes on him that he was Russian. What struck me the most about...
"Welcome [Epaphroditus] in the Lord's love and with great joy, and give him the honor that people like him deserve." (Philippians 2:29 NLT)Both were named Mike, both were good friends, and both had vastly different influences on me.I met the first Mike when I was 15....
"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....
This next story is a bit different from the previous ones in this series, as I was actually 12 years-old at the time this story happened, and this time, we were actually driving in Spain, not Italy. We were on one of the notoriously narrow winding roads that were...
"The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full." (John 10:10 NIV)Last Monday I told the story of the accident my father was involved in as we travelled through France one year. I was probably...
On Labour Day weekend, we went for a two-and-a-half-hour ride on our quads (four-wheeled all-terrain vehicles) — and what a ride it was!Donning jackets, wind pants, gloves, boots, and helmets, we mounted our quads and away we went. My son-in-law always leads, I...
I have had many friends in my life, ones from childhood, from my school years, university days, and adulthood. Many of these friendships waned, not for bad reasons, but simply because we moved on with our lives in career, location and life. I have had a...