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At the Minneapolis Golf Club, something happened that may never be repeated. 13-year-old Preston Miller recorded a hole in one on hole #4, then kept playing with the same ball but lost it on hole 7. Later in the clubhouse, Ricardo Fernandez, a member there, arrived ecstatic. He too had a hole in one. “I…

You may have heard the saying, “Behind every great man is a great woman.” Or maybe you’ve heard “behind every great man is a very surprised woman,” or a woman who is rolling her eyes. For high school graduation, I was given a devotional book that sadly I didn’t open for years, but it would…

Ramona and I are celebrating forty years of marriage. Yes, that’s forty in a row. No matter how long you’ve been at this little thing called love, I hope you’ll be inspired by these reasons we’ve been married all those years. We never checked our phones during dates. Rotary phones were too clunky to bring…

We just watched The Sound of Music with a few of the grandkids, which got us talking about our favourite things. What would make your list? Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens? I might list music, conversations around a warm fire on a cold night, my wife nibbling my earlobe, a good biography, lasagna,…

It’s time for me to tell you ten things I never heard my mother say: “Potato chips are good for you, Son. Especially before dinner.” “The 11 PM curfew is just a general time to shoot for. It’s not like I’m running a prison around here.” “I love that song. Can you turn it up?”…

Nurses in a long-term-care facility held a celebration for a resident on her 100th birthday. She was rather drowsy, so the nurse asked her, “Do you know how old you are today?” “No,” she replied. “How old am I?” “You’re 100 years old.” “Well,” the birthday girl replied, “no wonder I’m so tired.” When you…

I enjoy few things more than baseball. I know, it’s not as fast paced as golf or lawn bowling. But I enjoy this delicate game of cat and mouse. The tension of a ninth inning full count with bases loaded. I enjoy watching the players with their odd quirks and rituals, their eccentricities and superstitions.…

Some think it fitting: That at a time devoted to hoaxes, we celebrate the most colossal hoax of all Here are two April fools pranks that I’m not making up: April 1, 1974: Residents of Sitka, Alaska awake to see clouds of black smoke billowing from the crater of Mount Edgecumbe, the long-dormant volcano on…

Many claim that their “hacks” really work, but they don’t. Despite claims to the contrary, you can’t charge your phone by plugging into an onion or a watermelon. — The ultimate source of “life hacks” is the Bible. I’m not talking about a quick kitchen fix, or better circumstances in 30 seconds, but a better, more meaningful life rooted in God’s presence, His forgiveness, His promises.