New Year’s Lament
We Cry Out We come to this new year, Lord With uncertainty and trepidation. It seems our world Is falling [...]
“And Cake at Three”
Ken and Helen Fosket and their kids, 1957. I'm on the left. A Lesson Learned December 3 fell [...]
Mary, Martha, and Christmas
Mary and Martha and Christmas? Those sisters aren't part of the Christmas story! Well, that's true. But let's look at [...]
Thanksgiving Day Should Include Giving Thanks!
Family, food and football, the essence of American Thanksgiving. The house is filled with the aroma of roasting turkey, fresh [...]
How to Live With a Fool
There's a remarkable story recorded in 1 Samuel 25:2-42 about a woman, a fool and a king. The woman was Abigail, [...]
My “Willie” Doll
Most of my childhood dolls did not survive. I no longer have any pretty baby dolls or big girl dolls [...]
Consider it Pure Joy
Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the [...]
Sibling Reunion #6
We took a major side road in September. For two weeks we were in Western New York for a siblings' [...]
Ken and Barbie’s Trailer Park Adventures
My friend, Karen L. Higgins, shared this story on her blog and I asked her permission to share it here [...]
A Firm Foundation
At the the end of every Wake-up Call podcast, moderator JD Walt leads the listeners in a hymn. Recently the [...]