PARENTS CAN reach the end of their patience. Yes, we're human too. We don't get enough sleep, are often hit with pressing issues, we get...

A TIDE SUPER BOWL COMMERCIAL a few years back was simply genius. It introduced the ‘Tide-To-Go’ pen (which removes small stains from...

WHAT IF the way to become unshakable is first to be shaken hard? WHAT IF all things really are possible if we truly believe? WHAT IF...

HERE AT MY DESK in the darkness of this early morning, I’m staring at a blank screen. Everything I write starts that way. It’s just that...

I DROVE TO COSTCO the other day and was astonished to secure a parking spot within walking distance of the entrance! As I began to don my...

5 Things I've Learned In Life & Business: 1. A packed calendar isn't a sign of s success. 2. Busy is overrated. 3. Busy is not the...

Christmastime is swiftly approaching, I noticed. Has anyone (other than a child) ever seen it CHRISTMASTIME IS swiftly approaching, I...

EVERY YEAR, with few exceptions, I rewatch, “It’s a Wonderful Life” as part of my personal Christmas/New Year celebration. I have heard...

EVERY CHRISTMAS SEASON my mother would pin Christmas cards to the curtains in the living room where the family tree always sat. She...

I know what you’re thinking. But I took this photo myself with my iPhone. One might think I had never seen it before by listening to the...

WE DIDN'T JUST PRAY together, my family laughed together—which is actually just another way of praying. Laughter became a part of our...

Early, before the stirring, I lay out my broken ways, and how it seems that as time goes on I’m often too busy to get anything done well;...

MY DEAREST RAYLEIGH Happy 2nd birthday in heaven! It is so hard to believe it has been that long. In just a couple of weeks, we will...

HIS NAME WAS ROBERT. I had never heard of him, nor met him or any of his family until one day, ‘out of the blue’, a friend from a place I...

I've always enjoyed my alone time. With age, I became more independent and seized every opportunity I could to take just-me trips to the...

I BOARDED THE TRAIN in Richmond, VA. with some friends I’d gotten to know better on our bus trip up from Atlanta. The car was packed with...

WHAT WOULD YOU DO? Your older child would enter the first grade next year, but you didn’t want her in the poorly-rated public school...

As a kid, I spent what seemed to be a large portion of the winter months in the car with my mother, headed to and from the pediatrician's...

My grandson stopped by today; it's fun to watch a new human full of curiosity and energy. In one rare quiet moment, he was sitting still...

Throughout millennia of Bible narratives, many hidden stories or 'other lessons' inside of popular stories await the curious ones among...