Losing Seasons (Jonathan)

Writer’s note: This is the eleventh in the series: The Stories of My Life. Recently, I heard it said that we should not be jealous of a team that is having a winning season – because we don’t know what they had to endure during their losing season to become a...

Jeremy – Part Two

Writer’s note: This is the tenth in a series of articles entitled: The Stories of My Life. Jeremy was originally in our home for two years.  At age ten, DFACS placed him back into his home – without correcting the problem.  Quite naturally, this...

Jeremy – Part One

Writer’s note: This is the ninth in a series of articles entitled:  The Stories of My Life. There was a time in mine and Marianne’s life that, because of all the blessings God had blessed us with, we decide we wanted to “give back.”  So, we took the training...

Stephanie Part 2

Writer’s note: This is the eighth in a series of articles entitled:  The Stories of My Life. After Stephanie’s miraculous birth, she lived a relatively uneventful life.  She had a heart murmur that we had to keep check on, but nothing major.  Stephanie...

Stephanie Part 1

Note: I write a weekly pastor’s column for several newspapers.  Recently, I have been writing a series I have entitled, “The Stories of My Life.”  This is another of those stories. – Bro. Aaron Thirty-seven years ago, on a Wednesday morning, our baby...

God Called Me to Preach

Writer’s note:  This is the fifth in a series of articles entitled, “The Stories of My Life.” After our wedding, Marianne and I attended the church where I met Jesus and we met each other.  Before long I began to sense that God had something more for my...