The old pick-up truck packed with kids rattled past our house. From the cab, Gussy, one of my school friends, waved to me. A few moments later, I heard the click of claws striking pavement. I looked up and saw Gussy's dog approaching. Chopper, a huge brown-and-black...
"The voice of the LORD twists the oaks and strips the forests bare. And in his temple all cry, 'Glory!'" (Ps 29:9 NIV)European archaeologists in the 1920s were a bit baffled by their find in Cambodia. About one kilometre east of Angkor Thom they discovered an...
The course had been rocky.As a beginning rider, I had never purposefully done canter-jumping, and I had only occasionally done more than one jump at a time. But here I was, seated on Sir Steven, in the middle of the ring with 12 other contenders, riding an “Equitation...
It's unbelievable how our memories seem to amplify and exaggerate the memories of our youth. To "dinosaurs" like myself and my wife, everything always seemed to have been better, bigger and longer-lasting when we were young. As a child I always wondered why older...
A preacher, who shall we say was "humor impaired," attended a conference to help encourage and better equip preachers for their ministry.Among the presenters were many well-known and dynamic speakers. One such boldly approached the pulpit and, gathering the entire...
Dédié à ma meilleure amie d'enfance.Three years ago, my boys started disappearing from the house for hours at a time. For all practical purposes, it looked like they were playing in the woods at the back of our property; but when questioned about their location, they...
"Sustained winds of 50 miles per hour and higher," blared the radio.My wife was listening to the radio. She has a love-hate relationship with our Minnesota weather. This has turned her into a bit of a weather junkie. She finds our weather both intriguing and...