My heart is indeed saddened and broken at the news from within our small community. The second of two teen high school boys in less than two weeks ended their brief lives. I can only reach out with my heart to the families and friends of these two young...

Matthew 6:26-34  King James Version26 Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?  27 Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?  28 And...

Mark 12:28-31 King James Version (KJV)28 And one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that he had answered them well, asked him, Which is the first commandment of all?29 And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our...

Our daughter Tracy died December 30, 2012. She had overdosed on over the counter pills she thought was an answer to pain. I had seen her at Thanksgiving. Our family did this so that Tracy and Rick could have Christmas with his family. She always tried to give me...

Tragedy struck yet again in our small community. Last week another fell victim to suicide in our small community. This marks the fourth since our own son Stephen took his own life. Its difficult for me to imagine that any person reading this post has not known and has...