Years ago, my Dad came to Winona Lake for a brief visit. One morning we took a walk in the woods and came across this massive Burr Oak. He walked over to it, looked up the tree, grabbed it just just hugged it…listening to the sound of it breathing, he said. It was so quiet and peaceful…

Sitting in the hot tub tonight under a black sky with stars poking their pinpointed lights through, I was perusing Proverbs and came across these thirty truths. I thought I should type them up and post them — both for my own sake and for anyone else who might want to consider them and take…

It’s been a crazy couple of weeks where I feel like I have been in a non-stop-crazy-frenetic-get-it-done-yesterday mode like the guy from the FedEx commercials of the 80s. I have been working at the Camp getting things spruced up for spring – mowing, organizing, plotting and planning – then trying to finish the storage room…

Thought I would take a stroll on such an amazing day in March on this lovely beach on the coast. Yes folks, it is St. Patrick’s Day and I always enjoy these little jaunts across the sea to a land of green. Tonight as I drove home through the countryside, I listened to my all…