The Advantage of Marriage

Mary Francis Meyers died today, a great woman in our church. Her husband Ken died two or three years ago. I'll never forget being in the fireside ...

Love: Better with Age

The love we have in our youth is superficial compared to the love that an old man has for his old wife.

Doing It All Over Again

At a senior citizens' dinner, the group president recognized a couple that had recently celebrated their fifty-sixth wedding anniversary. The husband ...

Watch What You Ask For

My granddaughter overheard conversations about an occasional heart problem--loud beating--I experienced when I would try to sleep. One evening her father ...

Walking Wounded

After receiving the news that our son had been born, both sets of grandparents arrived at the hospital together. Just getting out of the car was quite ...

God Is Always Able

Once we were able, and now we're not. You know what you used to be able to do. I remember somebody at the Sunday school picnic who had been quite ...

Herm Haakenson: Fisher of Men

Herm Haakenson: A salmon fisherman and "fisher of men"

During salmon season, he is permitted only one catch a week from his commercial fishing ...

Memory's the First to Go

Two elderly women in my church were discussing the problems of growing older.

One commented, "The worst thing is when your memory starts to go. I've ...

Humor: She Never Sped Up

One day as my wife and I were walking our two-mile course, I secretly determined to keep up with her--a feat thus far never accomplished. I huffed and ...

The Importance of Exercise

God only gave you one body, so you better be nice to it. Exercise, because if you don't, by the time you're our age [103 and 105], you'll be pushing up ...