When The Floods Disrupt

Imagine a historic level of precipitation in a short period of time. An extraordinary combination that causes flooding so extreme that property is destroyed, animals are killed, even people lose their lives. For many American’s this isn’t that hard to imagine. It was reality just last year. In fact, almost exactly a year ago, states…

Making The Tough Decisions

Last Saturday I traveled to a family Thanksgiving gathering with our four little turkeys. Brett didn't go along. It was a perfect day for harvesting, and those have been hard to come by the past few weeks. And it's getting to be a critical time in the season. Harvest has been delayed due to frequent…

Farmers In The Same Boat

With way above average rainfall and below average temperatures keeping us from planting our crops, it’s definitely been a frustrating spring to be a farmer. But nothing puts the icing on the cake like waking up to find several inches of water in your basement. I hope that means that day will only go up…

The Best Plan Ever

I rushed about the house like a crazy person trying to find my daughter. Panicked anxieties raced through my mind. Did someone take her out of her bed? But how did they break in? And why would they take one girl and leave two? And the one in the farthest bed from the door? Did…

Christmas Traditions: The Advent Calendar

As a child I was always filled with excitement in opening the numbered flaps on our Advent calendar. For anyone who doesn’t know what an Advent calendar is, it’s a special way to count the days of Advent. Advent, which means “arrival,” is a fitting description for this season of waiting and anticipating Jesus. The…