Tonight I was thinking about life and faith and why I have stayed in the faith since I was 5 years old. As I was growing up, the Lord was an ever-present part of my life, and my life was centered around the church. Although I was not the popular kid and I was pretty…

I just read this in the paper yesterday. It’s a local once a week publication and in it is a column called “Speak Out” which is a call-in or write-in column to “speak one’s mind.” It has provided some of the best sources of laughter for me over the years. Here is a recent entry…

On my way home from Kansas City, I drove through Chicago to meet up with my sister, Sara Winter, as she and her friend, Alysia, were carving at the McCormick Center at a big Tool/Hardware/Lawn & Garden Dealer Expo. It was an awesome time, and really fun to watch them in action. They were carving…

An old song by Wayne Watson has been running through my head recently, so I dragged the CD out and uploaded to my iTunes library. It sure sounded vintage, but gosh the lyrics struck me because I have had some many recent conversations along the lines of what he says in this song. From being…