by Kelly Larson | Dec 31, 2016 | By the Creek, Resources
Many people may not remember the old TV commercial about the Timex watch that was tied to a boat or car tire and taken for a ride after which a spokesperson would pronounce, “It takes a beating and keeps on ticking.” It was amazing. Still more amazing is the...
by Kelly Larson | Dec 24, 2016 | By the Creek, Resources
As the legend goes, during the winter of 1914 in the midst of World War 1, along the Western Front on a battlefield in Flanders (Ypres, Belgium), the war raged on from the depths of the wet, muddy, cold trenches that extended for miles. The Germans were engaged in...
by Suzanne | Dec 17, 2016 | By the Creek, Resources
It happens every year. The kids surround the tree, engulfed by a pile of presents. Their excitement peaks by the first several gifts and quickly wanes as they work through the mass. By the end of the morning they have more things than they know what to do with and...
by Kelly Larson | Dec 10, 2016 | By the Creek, Resources
What is the best news you have ever received? Was it the fact that you got the job? Or what is a call from your realtor telling you the escrow closed? Was it him telling you that he wanted to spend the rest of his life with you? Or her communicating that she wanted to...
by Suzanne | Dec 3, 2016 | By the Creek, Resources
The following is not original with me and I don’t even know if it is a true story. But whether you’ve heard it before or not, I’m hoping it will make you smile. More than that, though, I’m praying that it will help you think about your relationship with God this...
by Kelly Larson | Nov 26, 2016 | By the Creek, Resources
If any culinary presentation is deserving of a blue ribbon, none is more so than the Thanksgiving Feast. Not the burger, shake and fries. Not a steak dinner. No sir. Art has its Mona Lisa. Auto racing has its Indy 500. Music has Beethoven’s 5th Symphony. And Hollywood...
