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 I woke up this morning, the temperature was -5 and the wind chill was -15. Where you live that might seem unbearably cold or it...

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...

There is a location in the United States where four states come together. This place has been named Four Corners and there is a monument...

During the Christmas season there is a great amount of conversation about gifts - what you want; what you got; and what you gave. Even...

Have you ever noticed that the Christmas gifts that a child could not live without often are discarded or put aside as the child...

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...

In 1897, Johnson Oatman Jr. wrote the lyrics to a well known hymn "Count Your Many Blessings." The first verse and the refrain from that...

While many holidays and events seem to get the publicity and the retail emphasis for several weeks to a few months, one seems to find...

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...

In the realm of churches, the month of October has traditionally been a time for Pastor Appreciation. I was blessed to pastor four...

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...

Many years ago I heard the story of the five-year boy who came home after playing with his friend Johnny and asked his mother, "Where did...

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