The upcoming week marks this column’s 18th anniversary. I almost can’t believe it. It feels like far longer. It almost feels like I’ve been writing it since … “forever ago.” From church signs to chalk ...

One day when I was speaking to a third grade class, one little girl asked, "How long does it take to write a column?" "A lifetime," I told her. And truly, we carry a lifetime around in our brains. For ...

Saturday was a very cold and windy day, so the men were unable to put the roof metal on the new pole barn. They kept busy doing other work on the barn such as building the sliding doors, putting on ...