Recently we were in a lot of different churches, where we were introduced to a bunch of people and made a lot of new friends. Met a lot...

The batter is warming up on deck – meaning he is the next one to come to the plate to face the pitcher. The man on the pitching mound is...

For anyone, reading and understanding the title of this column is pretty impossible. The reason is plain – I just closed my eyes and...

Ducks and people. You begin comparing male and female ducks to us human counterparts, and you will find a drastic difference. And I’m not...

Susie and her older sister went for a walk on the country road near her home. As they stepped onto the arched bridge that spanned a...

Seems my own version of ‘tough men,’ are rarely found any more, and the modern version of tough men are weak in comparison. Politically,...

They seem to be everywhere in any town you drive through. Signs promoting the services of a local ‘TAROT CARD READER,’ ‘FORTUNE TELLER,’...

You and I hear them, the stories of people who insist they are totally innocent of any wrongdoing. Yet they are definitely identified as...

“I am not stupid! Ignorant maybe, but certainly not totally stupid.” The rallying cry of most of us. Everyone feels better when they have...

You’ve lived long enough to have heard a bunch of tired cliches and old sayings, I know. One of Andy’s favorites from an old friend is...

Most people have a bad habit. Nah, I don’t want to hear about your overeating- cigarette smoking- drug taking- lying- stealing-...

We all have done it. Whether we deliberately intend to speak those words, or they just kind of slide out when our mouth opens. But things...

Everyone knows how to procrastinate – including me. I decided about two months ago to write this column. Finally, today I had to force...

Saw the movie “THE JESUS REVOLUTION” yesterday. Amazing how seeing scenes and hearing phrases from decades before can instantly transport...

The little preschool-age girl, living on the farm with her siblings and parents, lived in constant fear of going outside to play. The...

Kids, even the adult versions, display the effects of the greatest influences in life…their parents. It can show up in being a mirror...

You hear a lot of ‘loving’ being mentioned. “I love my truck…my chocolates, my family… playing golf…going to the movies, drinking beer,...

Ever had the experience of wishing you were just… a little bit different you? Maybe a thousand or so various times in your life? Then in...

Years ago, as elementary students at a tiny country school, our bus driver took us to school in his huge station wagon. That meant we...

The holiday fun and games were over, and we were ready to fly home. But a middle of the night message informed us our flight was...