Most two and a half year olds are cute and adorable. Many of them are so smart you would think they are little adults.Asha came to our day care center after she had open heart surgery. She was very little, very petite, with pale, almost alabaster skin, and she had...
Recently on a trip to Alaska to visit old friends, escape the south Texas smoldering heat and do a lot of much needed fishing I had a short layover in the Houston terminal. Gravitating to a food bar I got a large cup of iced tea and had a seat to wait the hour or so....
"This is a trustworthy saying. And I want you to stress these things, so that those who have trusted in God may be careful to devote themselves to doing what is good. These things are excellent and profitable for everyone." - Titus 3:8In April 2004, Mak Shulist was...
I was feeling my age that morning as I limped from the parking lot up to the Physical Therapy Building.I was pushing fifty. I was crippled and I was feeling like a failure. Thankfully, I was happily married. However, health problems had cut short my dreams of...
Imagine four Army chaplains during an icy storm at sea; four men in uniform holding hands as they gaze over the rail of their sinking vessel. They are watching lifeboats pulling away from their reeling ship, the U.S. transport Dorchester. The story of these chaplains...
"I'm sorry, I'm not in right now," she said, then turned and smiled.She sounded like an answering machine. I looked confused. I had no idea why she said that to me.But then, as the conversation went on, I could tell she really wasn't listening.I stopped talking for a...
When I was in my early elementary school years, our family used to take a long summer vacation each year to a peaceful little town called Ashland, located in the state of Oregon. The reason for this vacation was so that my Dad could work on the horse ranch that he and...