As a soldier, he had served our country well and was now flying back home.  He was accompanied by his family and an escort, seated comfortably in coach,  while our soldier traveled comfortably in the cargo hold.  You see, he had given all he had, literally, for his country and ...

“No, it is never going to change for me.  I’ve been going to counseling for years and nothing has changed and it isn’t going to change.  They can’t help me.”  So went the conversation with one of the women at my table.  Our church was hosting a special luncheon for ...

Grandma Marjorie, my mother’s Mama, had been the victim of Rheumatic Fever as a young girl.  It had, unfortunately, made a slow, relentless, stealthy crawl to her heart.  A once strong heart fell prey to the merciless invasion of that fever leaving my grandma with a compromised heart.  Way too ...

God loved His flailing, unbelieving Israel so much that He sent prophet after prophet to speak His plan of rescue into their midst.  All they had to do was believe Him and obey.  All they had to do was grab the proverbial rope and hold on as they were pulled ...

At the ripe old age of four and a half, my awesome, precocious daughter loved church.  In Sunday school, they had been discussing the “black” page of the Wordless Book which represents a  heart darkened by sin. (Romans 1:21)  As adults, we often miss the depths of a little’s ones ...