I had the opportunity recently to get together with family, and it was just soothing for my soul. I have one biological brother remaining of my siblings, and he is two years older than I am. Talking about things that we remember from the past and discovering that we sometimes remember things completely differently was fun. Memories of people from our shared past brought tears of nostalgia and some laughter too. It was an enriching time between the two of us. Then later, I invited the...

In John 10 Jesus says, “I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.” Abundance to me means that there will be more than enough. I grew up in a large family and when it was mealtime and the food was served up, we were blessed to have an abundance. I don’t remember a time when there were skimpy portions or only enough for one serving. My mom and grandmother always cooked what seemed like enough to feed an army and their words were that they never...

As many of you know, I just recently celebrated three score and ten (70 years). I was in Wal Mart recently and had an epiphany. I was looking at something, and I held it for a time in my hand. The whole time I had a full-blown discussion going on in my head about whether or not I needed the item. It wasn’t particularly expensive. It was just something that I wanted and had looked at a number of times before and each time I had talked myself out of getting it. I stood in the aisle...