March 1, 2026
Here are the contents of this month’s newsletter: Our move to Decatur, GA (in the Atlanta area) Three months of medical procedures New devotions on the […]
February 27, 2026
Phil also attended his first reunion with some Army buddies at Fort Bragg in North Carolina, where he met up with a bunch of friends from […]
February 20, 2026
With the benefit of flying military transport, Phil and [his girlfriend] Marilyn met as often as they could. On January 4, 1946, they celebrated his twenty-first […]
January 5, 2026
The votes are in (in the sense that you voted with your clicks). Here are the fifteen most popular of my blog posts over the last […]
January 4, 2026
Here are the contents of this month’s newsletter: 1. Our move is still on hold Still in Colorado Springs 2. Last year I released six devotions […]
December 25, 2025
Christmas morning, church bells were simultaneously ringing across the whole city. Phil sat up and grabbed the crutches leaning by his bed and hurried over to […]
December 24, 2025
The day before Christmas, Phil and Marilyn flew on a military transport to Des Moines and spent Christmas with Marilyn’s parents. Her father and Phil had […]
December 23, 2025
Phil turned his attention back to Marilyn. “And then what happened?” She took a sip of her drink and began.[1]
December 22, 2025
Sitting next to him was the first love of his life, Marilyn Fountain. She looked into his eyes, initially displaying no emotion at all. She took […]
December 21, 2025
A week earlier, Phil’s mother told him she had arranged what she hoped would be an extra special Christmas surprise for him—dinner at the Peabody Hotel […]
December 15, 2025
Bob Hope famously observed, “My idea of Christmas, whether old-fashioned or modern, is very simple: loving others. Come to think of it, why do we have […]
December 6, 2025
After celebrating a southern Thanksgiving at her parents’ home, Phil wanted to reciprocate by taking Mary Katherine to Memphis at Christmas-time to meet his parents, both […]