Cam Rahn Bay, Vietnam, 1971:  A 20-year-old GI is baptized in the warm South China Sea by his chaplain on Easter.  This is a turning point in his life.  He later asks his chaplain where he should go for training to serve God with his aviation skills when he returns to the US.  The chaplain…

How to Be Happier in 2018 Part 2

Our youngest son’s wife saw a need in our family.  She sensed that one of her husband’s sisters, our daughter, was in need of coming home and being loved on.  She initiated a plan to get her sister-in-law and family here from 3/4 of a continent away.  She arranged for tickets, offered her own home…

Advent Giving

  I came across this genius idea to help children learn to share and learn to declutter at the same time.  Such a simple idea, but I think you’ll agree it has merit.  Every day, put a donation item in a box which you deliver to a local charity before Christmas.  Your children can choose…