I visit a place from time to time with great anticipation. Bald Eagles nest there. The home that I visit is situated on a 25-acre lake, and each winter, a pair of eagles return and nest. During Thanksgiving week, I

I sit by a window that reaches upward 18 feet. Through it, I see a neat garden and play area where children in the community can play within walled security while their parents find books or read. A full and

Tom Clancy wrote incredibly popular novels in the final decades of the 20th century, all focused on operations of the CIA, geopolitics, and the Cold War. In Debt of Honor, the first 100 pages were all about economics. While he

We typically operate this way: what we don't see, we don't accept as real. We hear about something, but if we can't make a connection with it through our own experience, understanding, or thinking, we operate as if it doesn't

Just 11 days ago, the Middle East exploded into war after a raid fueled and planned by Hamas--a terrorist organization based in Gaza. Since then, we have watched in horror as the brutal details of the attack have come to

The one test everyone faces, the one test that's unavoidable and penetrating for every human being, is this: TIME. Time reveals character, intentions, integrity, and other aspects of the human heart. When we shortcut time, we often get burned. Neil Clark

I'm harvesting these days. No, it's not a garden. It's a set of flowers. A few years ago, our dear friends gave us a few plants that we had seen in their yard. Known as "Cock's Comb," they are a

Many years ago, someone brought topsoil to my lot as a gift. I was quite glad to get it. But as the months passed, I realized that with that topsoil, my benefactor also brought a resilient form of weeds. I

Even after the difficult weeks of drought, even after my lawn and flower beds have been attacked by armadillos (#45 met his fate at my house this week), I looked at my red oak trees on Saturday and saw something