

Let the children come
Our little church hosted Vacation Bible School last week. I hope you have warm memories of VBS from your childhood. We had that perfect...


Heroes among us
There was terrible news in a neighboring county last week when a Blue Angels pilot crashed while practicing for an upcoming air show at...


Bowling for birthdays, old bones and bygones
It was important recently to show a couple of teenagers a thing or two about bowling. At least that was my shtick as the three of us got...


Turning toward
June makes us think of young love and weddings. But I’ve recently been fortunate enough to spend some extra up close time with happily...


May days
May is always a full month for both my head and my heart. It houses my sweet mother’s birthday, Memorial Day which honors my veteran dad,...


Payback sorta is
I did an interview this week with Lighthouse Media. One of the questions that the interviewer asked was if I could share something...


An Elvis sighting
Elvis came back in the building Saturday night. A dear friend threw herself a 70th birthday party, and she did it by taking us back to...


A safe place
If you’ve read “Hey, God? Yes, Charles.”, you know that I became a vegetarian years ago. Over time, I also learned to check labels to see...


Act II
Closure? Really? Is that always a requirement for grief recovery? I love live theater, on both sides of the stage. If you’ve ever worked...


Apologies unnecessary
More than once, a reader has told me almost apologetically how he or she is sharing instead of buying a copy of “Hey, God? Yes,...