This heartwarming story is from my friend, Charlene Miller.  Enjoy! A couple of weeks ago I went to a ladies Sunday School Class get together for supper.  After that I headed to Wal-Mart to pick up a few things.  Walking from the van to the store I notice a young woman, standing by her car.  She was dressed nice and …

Joseph Moore comes to America. The Wayfaring Stranger (2007) is my first historical novel.  It fictionlizes the journey of my great-great-great grandfather, Joe Moore, an Irish stowaway who came to the Piney Woods of western Louisiana. This passage tells of his ship entering the Mississippi River and America. Enjoy! He wondered if he would ever see or smell the ocean …

The Swamp It’s Wednesday morning as we all sit or stand in the Swamp‑ all twenty‑five of us.  Now the Swamp is a classic building at Dry Creek.  It is the summer home of our boy staffers.  I recall with fondness the summer twenty years ago I spent in it as staff director.  To all of us guys who’ve worked …

“When we attempt man-sized tasks only, we run the risk of always receiving glory for ourselves.  But when the product of our courage is so magnificent and awesome that everyone must acknowledge this could not be the work of a mere mortal, then God’s glory is on display.” -Missions Mosiac magazine  December 2010 May your dreams for God be so …

“When FDR said,  ‘If a rattlesnake is poised to strike… you don’t wait… you crush its head” I knew we were going to war.”   -Soldier during La. Maneuvers 1941 Pretend you’re a young soldier in 1941. Stuck in Louisiana during weeks of maneuvers in the field.  You’re unsure if war is coming. Or imagine being a teenager during this same …