I was turning that age when people celebrate with something big - a party, a trip, or a Corvette. I had planned to have a big party on my own. Check.  I’d wait for someone to “gift” me the Corvette! Check. So when Tonja suggested we do a trip together since both of...

I’m not a dog person. I’m not an anti-dog person either. I have just never wanted one of my own. Over the years when my children have mentioned the family “getting a dog,” I skillfully averted that idea. Dogs are a lot of responsibility and I didn’t need any more of...

written by Armeer G. Kenchen I was really young when Shirley Caesar’s song No Charge came out. Really young. But I still remember the song and can recite many of the verses even to this day. I remember it well because my mother used to sing it so often. For those of...

I was not prepared for the cold weather, but I would head out anyway. After all, it was the ocean and while I could hear the crashing of the waves and see them roll to the shore from the balcony, I wanted to get as close as I could. I wanted to stand on the edge of...

It was a pretty easy drive so far and we were making good time. It was just Briya and me again as Nya had reached her limit of family time, accommodating me a couple of weeks earlier with our trip to Grandfather Mountain. And at the last minute Cameron bailed on this...

Just like everyone else, my summer was a little different. For us, no family gatherings, no pre-memorial day food to test out the grill, no Memorial Day cookout, no July 4th festivities with ALL of our friends and family and whosoever will, no short excursions away...

The joy of the Lord is tricky because it is not something that you get on your own. We talk about it. We sing about it. “This joy that I have, the world didn’t give it to me…” And we quote “joy” Scriptures. We crave it, confess it and believe in the importance of joy....