Growing Old

~ Growing Old ~ By Deborah Ann Belka   When your pain is unrelenting, And no pill will make it ease When your bones start to creak and moving is no longer a breeze.   When you lift up your arms, And a twinge runs down your spine, When your hips throb at...

What’s Next?

What’s Next? By Bill Herried   Elevate Their Perspective Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; forthis is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. —1 Thessalonians 5:16–18 When I graduated from high school I remember thinking, “Now what?”...

The Delightful Danger of Distraction

The Delightful Danger of Distraction By David Duncan When I was a boy, I spent two weeks every summer on my grandparents southwest Oklahoma farm. It was 160 acres of cotton fields, mesquite trees and sand. There was also a large garden, a tree house and a coop full of...

The Art of Finishing Well

The Art of Ending Well By Dennis Lee  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow said, “Great is the art of beginning, but greater is the art of ending.” We often think of being disciplined or having self-control as an enemy, or an unwanted guest, when in reality it’s our friend,...