Today I spent the day with probably the smartest person on the face of the planet. It wasn't a chance meeting, nor was it our first time together. In fact, I have spent almost every hour of every day of the last three years with this pint-sized Einstein and never...
Francis is called the little poor man of Assisi. He was born in the year 1182 in the town of Assisi in Italy. His father's name was Bernadone. Bernadone was a very wealthy merchant of Assisi. Francis was a very good-looking boy. He was merry and softhearted. So he had...
My day began on a decidedly sour note when I saw my six-year-old wrestling with a limb of my azalea bush. By the time I got outside, he'd broken it. "Can I take this to school today?" He asked.With a wave of my hand, I sent him off. I turned my back so he wouldn't see...
It is August 1999. We are in a small town in Northern Michigan at our son's wedding reception. The best man, Doug, is about to make a toast. I look at our son, Ben, and I marvel at the man he has become. My mind drifts away for a moment, reflecting on some events from...
Tom WhiteCuba1979-1980"Well, this isn't bad," Tom White mumbled to himself He stood in a pitch-black, cold room. He could feel the wind pouring into the room from a vent above the door. Exploring the cell, he found a bed with broken springs, a stinking mattress, and...
I watched intently as my little brother was caught in the act. He sat in the corner of the living room, a pen in one hand and my father's hymnbook in the other. As my father walked into the room, my brother cowered slightly; he sensed that he had done something wrong....
While running the trails in the mountains of Montana today, I ran into someone… it was God.The weather is starting to turn now. Fall is in the air, the leaves are hitting the ground, and the snow will soon be here. I decided I’d better mow the yard one more time. We...