Ladies and gentlemen, get your voting hands warmed up. In just a few short weeks, Americans everywhere will have the opportunity to exercise that very basic right, the selection of

It was Saturday evening, and the Schrocks (the ones that still live here) were converging at Dad Schrock’s place for a bit of patio roof repair before the onset of

I feel disoriented without the familiar items at my fingertips; the dogeared Bible with both covers long since gone.  The daily devotional, also with one cover missing, that nourishes me often.  The

“Ordain all of my appointments.” In this single prayer, there is a turning to Him, a surrendering of who and what and when.  It’s an act of faith, feeble though

From microwaves to light bulbs, telephones to vacuum cleaners, it’s clear that in America, we have some very bright minds. Two of my personal favorites are air conditioning and the

It’s lovely today, this Northern Indiana fall morning.  On my morning drive, I note that the Artist has been hard at work, painting the maples up and down the street

Remember her, that effervescent mother of five sons that crossed my path once upon an ordinary day beside the pretzels at the local Target store?  With the freshness of spring

Only several days before, the lovely woman who lived down on the corner in a house surrounded by corn fields, passed away unexpectedly.  Her name was Diane, and she was the

I wouldn’t call it a midlife crisis, exactly. Maybe it’s because I still feel like a twenty-something, only with a little more wisdom. And a few more wrinkles. Oh, and

At last, the day arrived, and the happy little mother buckled her happy little boy into the magical carriage (okay, it was the Blue Mommy Van), and off they went