Category Archives: Relationships

Beyond Bumper Stickers

When we define and align ourselves based on opinion, we invite division. Things like honesty, decency, and compassion ought to matter more. Continue reading

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A Fine Treat, Out of Season

Like great ice cream on a hot day, the right words at the right time can be a mighty fine thing! Continue reading

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Hospital Attorney Retires after Serving for over Forty-three Years

When Otis Morrow first became City Attorney (Arkansas City, KS), he probably never imagined that he had just begun forty-three years of service as the local hospital attorney. Continue reading

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Walking through Life’s Places

How long we’ve lived in any particular place probably isn’t nearly as important as how we’ve lived there… Continue reading

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In the Midst of Miracles and Wonders

I wonder if maybe the way we treat the least of those we meet says the most about us… Continue reading

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Me & Mister Roy

The sound of an oil-well pump motor takes me back to one of my favorite farm memories in western Kentucky. Continue reading

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Unexpected Grace, Unexpected Place

Might be that your local Wal-Mart is not where you’d expect someone to return the hundred bucks you left sticking out of their cash machine… Continue reading

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Just Barely Enough

At the right moment, just a tiny bit of encouragement is all it takes. Continue reading

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Good Friends and Great Music

Don’t you love it when a concert is even better than you hoped?! Fernando Ortega, Tabor College, and good friends… Continue reading

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Hard Times

Always and especially in the hard times of winter, it’s a good time for treating others as we would be treated. Continue reading

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