After I write a devotional, I immediately send it to Laura with a text that says, “Devotional on the way.”  She always gives me a thumbs up.Laura’s job is to take my rambling thoughts, terrible grammar, unbelievably bad spelling, and poor punctuation into something coherent.  For the most part she does a good job.  Sometimes, she doesn’t.  So, if … Continue reading Weekly Devotional Jan. 7, 2026 →

Way back at the beginning of time, when dinosaurs roamed the earth, I went to my first livestock auction.  It was an exciting, new experience. As the cattle were run through the ring, the auctioneer was doing his thing.  The problem was, I couldn’t understand a word he was saying.  It was like listening to a never-ending machine … Continue reading Weekly Devotional for December 3, 2025 →

Everyone has a worst moment event.  Mine happened in early 2024. As most of our church knows, in August of 2023, Shannon was attacked by a neighbor’s bull.  From that moment on, our lives took a dramatic turn.For Shannon, this meant eight months in two different hospitals, a prolonged stay in a neurological transition center, endless operations, … Continue reading Daily Devotional for October 8, 2025 →

Last week I began physical therapy for my back surgery.When I got to the orthopedic building at the hospital, I walked up to the receptionist desk to check in.  The receptionist saw who my physical therapist was and said, “She’s great.  You are going to love her.”  Her comments gave me a great deal of comfort.When it was … Continue reading Daily Devotional for January 21, 2025 →