When I was a little boy, around kindergarten age, I lived with my grandparents. Once a week, my grandfather would sit me on the couch, give me a donut and a glass of milk, turn on the radio and leave me alone for about fifteen minutes as he retrieved my grandmother from the Catholic church […]
I ran into an old classmate, and although he had aged, he really hadn’t changed all that much. Our conversation consisted of the usual small talk, How are you doing? How’s the family? and What have you been up to? His answer to the last question surprised me and was the incentive for four cups
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Dear Friend, Damaged boats, homes, and cars stack up like cordwood along the shore from Miami to St. Pete. Hundreds of boats from small fishing vessels to million-dollar yachts were once firmly anchored just offshore. When Hurricane Ian struck in October 2022, their anchors proved to not be secure enough. I once owned a 25’
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Dear Friend, Let me begin by wishing you a truly happy and prosperous New Year. It is my prayer that 2023 is filled with every blessing, that all your desires come to pass, and that it will be a year that will not be wasted. I was reading a letter this morning that was sent
Dear Friend, Each year at this time my wife and I bundle up and venture out into the neighborhoods to see how creative our neighbors have become. Yards that normally sit quietly as the sun departs behind the horizon are now lit up for the season with multicolored lights, jolly Saint Nicks, glowing reindeer, and
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Cruising Route 66 “The Sum of Our Parts” This is what happened during the time of Xerxes, the Xerxes who ruled over 127 provinces stretching from India to Cush: At that time King Xerxes reigned from his royal throne in the citadel of Susa, and in the third year of his reign he gave a banquet for all his
Cruising Route 66 “Living In the Squeeze” In the land of Uz there lived a man whose name was Job. This man was blameless and upright; he feared God and shunned evil. He had seven sons and three daughters, and he owned seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen and five
Cruising Route 66 “Paving the Path to Purity” Hide your face from my sins and blot out all my iniquity. Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant
Cruising Route 66 “Controlling the Monster” The proverbs of Solomon son of David, king of Israel: for gaining wisdom and instruction; for understanding words of insight; for receiving instruction in prudent behavior, doing what is right and just and fair; for giving prudence to those who are simple, knowledge and discretion to the young—let the wise listen and
