It was one of many late nights we spent scraping, cleaning, scrubbing, and creating a home out of the space. Our first home, and possibly our only home, was the focus of all our attention. With an engagement ring reminding us of our self-imposed deadlines, we spent hou...

The highway rambles through the busy city and out into the hills of southern Ohio. As the hills climb to the height of mountains and the surrounding communities change from housing developments to harsh rural structures, the road crosses the river dividing Ohio from We...

We sat at the table talking about all of the things he had done at school. He provided enough detail to satisfy me though he struggled to remember anything of importance to him. They were working on a new letter and he had painted a robot in art. But then he looked at...

I had broken open my skinned knee countless times on that same tree limb. Hoisting myself into the tree required a running start, a perfectly timed  leap of faith, and jumping far enough to get my body weight half over the large limb to ensure I wouldn't fall to the gr...

 The sun was setting as I rushed through the motion of snapping my way through several quarts of green beans. My backyard is roughly the size of the family garden I grew up with as a child but I planted roots and planted seeds for whatever small harvest I could manage....

I am happy to say that God is in my life every day but some days his presence is more obvious than others. There is a saying that He works in mysterious ways but more often than not I believe He works in logical, glaringly obvious ways. I imagine He sees one of his chi...