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 […]
December 1, 2025
Here are the contents of this month’s newsletter: 1. Still in Colorado Springs 2. Three New Free Devotional Releases on the YouVersion App FOR THIS MONTH […]
November 27, 2025
Today Barb and I gather with family and friends in Baton Rouge for a thanksgiving meal. In my quiet time, before the last Thanksgiving morning (of […]
November 22, 2025
Thanksgiving Day in 1945 was on Thursday, November 22, 1946, as proclaimed by President Harry S. Truman. It was the first Thanksgiving holiday after World War […]