In January 2024 I began writing these articles that I post on this blog. The official title of this blog is The Road Less Traveled based...

(Disclaimer warning: My apologies up front to anyone who doesn't like sport analogies and are not baseball fans.) Spring Training is...

I have been accused of repeating some of my favorite family stories too often. The truth is that with each passing year those stories...

Well, there was no doubt; I had to remember to pray differently than I was used to praying - especially if The Lord's Prayer was...

Leadership has been a prominent topic for many books and countless conferences over the last two decades. I read my share of those books...

When you read the title of this post, were your first thoughts taken back to young children who failed to pick up their room or go to bed...

We are in the last week of January 2025. By this time most of us have repacked all of our Christmas decorations and put them in their...

When my grandfather died at the age of 68, my grandmother said, "This is too hard; I can't make it through." But she did. In fact, she...

Last week I wrote about the concluding of a year. As I write at this present moment, it is about 8:30 PM MST on Sunday evening, January...

Last week I asked the question "So What Do You Want for Christmas?" I responded with the word HOPE. In a world that is broken and where...

That is a question that I remember my parents and grandparents asking me each year in early December. Eventually Santa Claus asked me the...

After writing about Thanksgivng and our need to give thanks, this week I am letting the words of others set the tone for Thanksgiving. A...

Most of us at some point in our lives have tried to run away. It might have been as a young child trying to run away from home because...

Last week I was considering writing a post related to some aspect of the upcoming election. I struggled to find the appropriate way to...

Since early September, where two or three men are gathered together, there is discussion about location, amunition, types of guns, proper...

Whether you are in a job interview, a conversation with a friend or a family member, or looking at yourself in a mirror, your answer to...

Nicknames are rabid in sports. In fact, many of us would say with certainty that the nickname of some sports figures was actually their...

Keeping one's heart in good shape is a major key in continuing to live. My primary care physician refers me to a cardiologist for an...

What did these two couples have in common - David and Sarah Hiller and Philipose and Sosamma Thomas? Both couples were married for 88...

When you read the word comfort in the title of this post, what came to your mind? While I am not a mind reader, I would bet that many of...