Devotion – A Father’s Love

Step by step they slowly pushed through the warm, waist-high water. Step by deliberate step he guided her across the clear blue pool as if she had never walked through water before. She had one hand gingerly touching the smooth tiles on the side of the pool wall and the other hand clenched tightly around his strong wrist.

 

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The Daily Phone Call - A Father's Day Message

The phone rings and the phone number that shows up in the caller ID is familiar to me.  I will answer this one because I KNOW who is calling and I want to talk - to him!

Too often these days our phones ring and the number is “unavailable” or “unknown” or it comes from a zip code that is local but no name is associated with it.  Too often the caller id is some political entity or an organization that wants your attention, or you may have contributed to in the past but you’re not in a position to repeat the donation this year. We hear regularly that scammers are “reaching out” via phone and internet and we’re cautioned to not engage, no matter what.  Robocalls bombard us throughout the day in spite of the government’s efforts to thwart them. Noise, noise, noise!

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