It finally happened.  They just wore out.  I’ve been wearing my dad’s black dress shoes since he died more than a decade ago on June 11, 2001.  I kept polishing them, putting new laces in them, and wearing them when dress shoes were in order.  But, this past week, they just started to fall apart.  The leather was worn out, and the soles were beyond repair.  Yet, every time I put them on, I thought of my dad.  I remembered how he lived and what... Read More

  Check this picture out!  Incredible, isn’t it?  Leah and I were in the coastal city of La Coruna, Spain, last week, and the fishermen there catch octopus for the local restaurants as it is a local favorite.  I know what you’re thinking, and the answer is “no, we did not try it.”  We asked some people in the restaurant what it was like and they said the texture reminded them of scallops, and the flavor wasn’t anything like chicken!    When... Read More

  The late Paul Harvey was known the world over for the phrase with which he ended each of his radio shows: “And now you’ve heard the rest of the story.”  He loved telling unique stories that often reflected a powerful truth abou t life.    One such story was about Westside Baptist Church in Beatrice, Nebraska.  He told of how the choir had a rehearsal scheduled for 7:30pm the evening of March 1, 1950, and oddly enough—everyone in the choir was late to rehearsal that evening. ... Read More