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It Won't Effect Us
On Friday, March 28, 2025, a 7.7 magnitude earthquake with its epicenter in Mandalay, Myanmar, struck leaving 1644 dead, 139 missing, and...
Gary Loudermilk
Mar 31, 20253 min read
What Kind of Guarantee Do You Have?
Many products today come with some type of guarantee. Some weight loss products make statements like "Take our product and you are...
Gary Loudermilk
Mar 24, 20253 min read
Staying True to the Purpose
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...
Gary Loudermilk
Mar 17, 20253 min read
Don't Get Outplayed!
(Disclaimer warning: My apologies up front to anyone who doesn't like sport analogies and are not baseball fans.) Spring Training is...
Gary Loudermilk
Mar 10, 20253 min read
Memories to Share
I have been accused of repeating some of my favorite family stories too often. The truth is that with each passing year those stories...
Gary Loudermilk
Mar 3, 20253 min read
Where Is the Please?
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...
Gary Loudermilk
Feb 24, 20252 min read
Choosing How to Lead
Leadership has been a prominent topic for many books and countless conferences over the last two decades. I read my share of those books...
Gary Loudermilk
Feb 17, 20253 min read
Unusual Gifts We Will Never Forget
One of the categories that I list for my weekly blog is Random. While I don't use this category very often, it is a category I designed...
Gary Loudermilk
Feb 10, 20253 min read
Frustrated by Disobedience
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...
Gary Loudermilk
Feb 3, 20253 min read
What Do You Put in Storage after Christmas?
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...
Gary Loudermilk
Jan 27, 20252 min read
What to Do on a Cold Day
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...
Gary Loudermilk
Jan 20, 20252 min read
Are Some Things Too Hard?
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...
Gary Loudermilk
Jan 13, 20252 min read
And a New Year Begins
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...
Gary Loudermilk
Jan 6, 20253 min read
When a Year Concludes
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...
Gary Loudermilk
Dec 30, 20243 min read
The Greatest Gift
During the Christmas season there is a great amount of conversation about gifts - what you want; what you got; and what you gave. Even...
Gary Loudermilk
Dec 23, 20242 min read
A Christmas Gift That Lasts
Have you ever noticed that the Christmas gifts that a child could not live without often are discarded or put aside as the child...
Gary Loudermilk
Dec 16, 20243 min read
The Next Item on My Wish List
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...
Gary Loudermilk
Dec 9, 20243 min read
So What Do You Want for Christmas?
That is a question that I remember my parents and grandparents asking me each year in early December. Eventually Santa Claus asked me the...
Gary Loudermilk
Dec 2, 20243 min read
Honoring Thanksgiving - Week Three
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...
Gary Loudermilk
Nov 25, 20242 min read
Honoring Thanksgiving - Week Two
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...
Gary Loudermilk
Nov 18, 20243 min read
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