Reach Upward

A few days from now, we will celebrate the first birthday of our granddaughter whose advent last year made us grandparents. Here are a few t...

Twelve years ago in December, our family was having active discussions about getting a dog. I had grown up with a dog that had lived 13 year...

  There has never been anyone quite like Delose Conner and there will never be another quite like him. Delose lived life passionately. He he...

 Last April I wrote about our family's journey with moving our youngest son toward independence. As I stated then, "Our youngest s...

I haven't written for half a year because life has been ... interesting. New job. New adventure with our son that has involved a lot of ...

"Answer that call." The impression was clear and surprising. As a software engineer, I have been used to being contacted by recrui...

Years ago when we had only three children, I was unable to attend church one Sunday, so my wife took the three children to church by herself...

I was about nine or ten years old when Dad took a week of vacation one summer and took my three brothers and me up to Pineview Reservoir to...

"There is no social distancing going on here," I said in my wife's ear as we entered the high school football stadium. Nearly ...

Years ago when I was a member of a young single adult (YSA) congregation of my church, a young man who I will call Mike (not his real name) ...

 "No. No! NO!" I screamed inside my mind while making a vain attempt to keep the incredulity off my face. "We are not getting...