As a classroom teacher, it always did my heart good to see how my students sometimes tried to “protect” me…Once, at the end of the school day, a students dad came unannounced to my classroom. By the look on his face I knew there was a problem. I wracked my brain to...
"And he said, 'O man greatly loved, fear not, peace be with you; be strong and of good courage.' And as he spoke to me, I was strengthened and said, 'Let my lord speak, for you have strengthened me.'" (Daniel 10:19 ESV)I was in town today walking back from the bank...
To qualify my views and observations , I must reflect on how I came to be in the position to speak out.I joined the military in 1949 at age 17 and retired in 1992, over 40 years of active duty and reserve time with some breaks in between, for a total of 27 years for...
Are you tossed about on the sea of life?Has the beacon of light disappeared in the fog?Do you feel like the captain sinking along with his ship,Into the depths of some fathomless bog?Candles, that burned bright inside your heart,Are slowly dying extinguishing all...
Peering through the window,the window of my soul.I found a dark and dying place.In my heart, a hole.This hole had grown quite large --none other could compare.And it has simply grown therewhile I was unaware.You see, I'd lived my lifeby my own ingenious plan.Never...
The clerk at the checkout stand smiled broadly, her voice a bit too cheerful: “That will be $145.39!”I forced myself to smile back. After all, it wasn’t her fault that my grocery bill seemed to go up every week, no matter how much skimping I did! I reached in my...
My oldest son turned 24 recently. When it comes to the soul, however, time is irrelevant and memory can melt away the years in a second. When I looked at my grown son my mind took me back to one very special time only a few weeks after his birth. I had awakened in the...
