“Why, Soitenly!”

It was a sudden and unexpected death. She was a dispatcher for Murrieta Police, Fire, and Emergency services. From the crowd of well over 600 people, I would say she was dearly loved. The stories were wonderful, funny, and filled with her faith in God and her absolute love for family and friends.
Her father was [...]

Hardly a day goes by that we don’t hear, usually in passing, about our men and women in uniform being “killed in action.” We scarcely even slow down to contemplate what that means. As the death toll mounts, politicians scream to “get us out,” even at the cost of defeat. Even at the cost of [...]

A couple of weeks ago I was experiencing quite a “down” time in my life. I was stressing out on various levels (certainly not from physical exercise!) and wondering just what our future might hold. Business was very slow (still is slow, but not as slow). Hard decisions were being made to cut our expenses.
To [...]

Josh and I worked on his patio cover all day yesterday and came oh so close to finishing the job. We lack one run of roofing (decided to go with rolled roofing at half the price, plus the other covers in the neighborhood have rolled roofing) and the aluminum flashing that keeps rain from running [...]

California, always in perpetual drought according to the politicians who “control” the water resources, has had significant amounts of rainfall and snowfall this  year with storms coming in off the Pacific one after another. The next weather system (meteorological term for storm) is supposed to come through over the weekend.
Last Saturday the son and I [...]

Okay … I think I finally may have my head on straight.
I think.
I’ve been going through some very stressful things lately and intellectually acknowledged God’s power and presence but did not feel He was available to me in our situation.
Last Wednesday night Jan and I attended a class at our church. They are called “ChorClasses” [...]

Ortberg shares some fascinating research of just how changeable the human mind is . . .

To what degree I am back, I thought I’d at least come back with something amusing … an illustration from Preaching.com
The teacher gave her fifth grade class an assignment: They were to have their parents tell them a story with a moral at the end. The next day, the kids came back and one by one [...]