Oct
25
2021
Traveling through Switzerland recently reminded me how much fun my Dad had sightseeing around the world. He loved new places and adventures. Swiss physician Paul Tournier writes, “All human enterprises start amid the exciting fever of discovery… gradually the...
Oct
22
2021
God shall supply ALL my needs?! What a sentence!
Do I live like I believe this? I know this is something Dad wrestled with for a long time. If it is true that God shall supply all our needs, why...
Oct
20
2021
Dad loved my mom. They were married for 58 years. He loved to tell the story of when he first saw her at the University of Idaho. My dad consistently spoke well of my mom. He complimented her often...
Oct
19
2021
Dad didn't like it when I asked him how he felt. He instead preferred me to ask what he was learning from God or what he wrote about in Words of Hope. He lived daily with pain and discomfort....
Oct
18
2021
One of the passages of Scripture Dad and I memorized is Ephesians 6:10-18. Verse 12 says, “For our struggle is not against flesh and blood but against rulers, against powers, against the world forces of darkness, against the spiritual...
Oct
15
2021
One of the essential life lessons Dad helped me with is the idea of detachment. I am very passionate and opinionated, so the lessons of detachment take me time. Dad worked to empty himself of anything that took the...
Oct
14
2021
My dad grew up extremely poor. He often told stories of the paper route he had when he was age nine. He told us often that some of the wealthiest houses on his route rarely tipped, but one house,...
Oct
13
2021
A few days after Dad died, my friend sent me a loving text and ended with: You won the "Dad of the century" award. He was an exceptional dad, I agree, and he did a few things incredibly well.
Dad...
Oct
12
2021
Several people reached out to me after the Words of Hope in which I shared not being able to hear Dad’s voice on the voice message I saved. I wanted to follow up on that story. My brother said...
Oct
11
2021
Dad died two months ago. It feels like it just happened and conversely that it happened long ago. Dad’s 12 year battle with cancer carried so many thoughts and questions about when his time would be up. It became...
