Sweeter as the Years Go By Someone once quipped, "I didn't know what happiness was until I got married...and then it was too late!" Well, we hear a lot in the news today about "significant others," gay marriages and civil unions. But there are still a lot of old-fashioned m... Read more
Wrestling With the Tough Stuff Rulon Gardner keeps defying the odds. Earlier this year he survived a plane crash in Utah. He swam for more than an hour in 44-degree water before reaching shore and then spent the night without shelter. In February 2002, he had a snowmobile accid... Read more
Hound Dogs in a Hurry When I lived in Tacoma, Washington, an unlikely local hero emerged by the name of Tattoo. Now this basset hound never intended to go for an evening run, but had no choice when the owner clamped his leash in the car door and took off for a drive—wi... Read more
Our Unsung Heroes in Uniform Sue and I had the privilege of spending 10 years of our professional ministry in youth work. We would both agree that these were without question some of the happiest and most rewarding years of our lives.While there are a number of reasons we loo... Read more
In Voluntary Joy One of my most vivid memories of Pathfinders is belting out the song, “… volunteers, volunteers, voooooooool—unnnnnnn—teeeeeers!” However, it wasn’t until I had grown up a bit that I experienced the significance of that song. The place was Mexico ... Read more
Not in My Neighborhood From the first day our daughter joined our family at 16 months old it was as though she had always been a part of it. This dark-haired, olive-skinned, beautiful little girl from Guatemala was a blessing from the Lord.One summer as a teenager she e... Read more
The Test of a True Christian A Pharisee once asked Jesus, “Which is the great commandment in the law?" Read more
