As one might deduce from the name, Mississippi Palisades—a wonderful state park about an hour from our home—lies on the Illinois shore of the Mississippi River. It’s aptly named “Palisades” on account of several cliffs rising high above the river. We first discovered the park nearly two decades ago and…
For the past two years, babies have been a constant in our home. Things happen in these early years of life that moms and dads, grandmas and grandpas insist they must remember to bring up at the wedding! Our oldest grandson, for example, had the cutest way of saying some things….
Sorry this week’s Pastor’s Page is late, but the reason for it is nuts! Tuesday morning (the day I usually write my weekly article) started fine, right on schedule. Dropped my grandson off at school, pulled in the parking lot at the church, put the car in park, and shut…
My childhood spanned the era of the Space Race and The Man from U.N.C.L.E. In other words, the 1960s. Therefore, my earliest answers to the question, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” were influenced by those two cultural icons. I expected to be a spy, and…
