It’s been a couple of seasons since we’ve seen Loretta. I suppose her absence is one of those difficult realities of life. A lame deer in...

Christmas isn't easy for everyone. Sometimes, it can be hard to muster joy, sing a carol or laugh at a party. There may be a temptation...

OCT. 4, 2022 - Clay McCollum ruined my life. It all started with taking out the garbage last March. I’d walked the same path a...

JUNE 2022 - Tomorrow is Father's Day. It is one of the hardest days of the year for me. Here's why: In June of 1998, I was a busy...

JUNE 2022 - My wife and I were watching Coal Miner’s Daughter when Autumn, our daughter, called to us. “She came back!” she said. “Come...

MARCH 2021 - Sitting in my backyard, the March morning is chilly, meriting that second cup of coffee to keep my hands warm. I lean my...

APRIL 2018 - The scatterer has come up against you. Man the ramparts; watch the road; dress for battle; collect all your strength. -...

JANUARY 2016 - Seek you first the Kingdom of Heaven and His Righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. This is my...

AUGUST 2015 - It's been a long, teary, quiet week since we dropped our boy at college. The herd of boys, young men really, who have...

OCTOBER 2013 - I did not grow up with football. Nobody in my family played, watched, or even knew the object of the game. My...

MARCH 2013 - NOTE: It's been a while since I've posted anything here. Life has been crazy through a long, twisting and turning journey...

OCTOBER 2012 - I don't know for sure what caused the raspy, crackly, unable-to-hit-the-high-notes break in my voice last week, but...