On August 11th, 2020, an incident occurred that will forever change my life. I was working on a project for a friend when as I was cutting a small piece of wood diagonally on a sliding compound miter saw. The blade caught, sending it sliding toward me and over my left hand. Since I was putting downward […]
Another Year Come and Gone Christmas already? Do you, like me, have the sense that our years are flying by more quickly than ever? I think it has to do with many factors, one of which is the hurried, if not hectic time and place we live in. Sometimes, it is good to slow down and reflect […]
Thanksgiving gains new meaning. Once again, we near what we call in America, Thanksgiving. We often reflect on what we are thankful for. Last year we looked at the work of Christ, and why our ultimate thanksgiving goes to God and without Him, we can’t really have a proper understanding of thanksgiving. Even our thanksgiving often seems […]
This month is positive encouragement month. We wondered the other day, as a family, why it is positive encouragement month, isn’t encouragement always positive? But we realized that the word could be used in different ways. Encouragement can be used as in heartening or cheering up. The dictionary defines it as “the action of giving someone support, […]
Googling the word milestone will get you a quick definition of the word. Physically it is defined as a marker found along the roadside which gives the distance either from or to a given point. However, it is also often used in a more figurative sense, as conveying an important event in one’s life, in history, even […]
Laying the Foundation In our blog articles, we want to start focusing more on the things we are making. So, you might wonder why we focus on so many other things. Part of these blogs help the reader get a better understanding of the makers of the products; others help in understanding the products and production processes. […]
WE LIKE LOVE! We’re in a month when we often think about love because we celebrate Valentine’s Day. We think of those we love, and we communicate with a card, a box of chocolates, or a bunch of roses to say that we love that other person. When we think of “true love” we might also think […]
Goodbye 2016 As we look back at 2016, our hearts are filled with thankfulness to our Lord and Savior. He is the One who, through His Word, made us grow closer to Him. He sustained us, provided for all our needs and more, helped us get the business started, and to top it off, blessed us with […]
What comes to mind when we think of Christmas? For some it is the thought of Santa Claus or Saint Nick and receiving or giving of gifts, maybe it is the lights or the music; for others, it might be the family gatherings or carolers that you see in the mall. The one thing that was impressed […]
We are in the month of November. The stores are either stocked for Thanksgiving or Christmas. On the radio and TV things are geared for Thanksgiving and Black Friday. I have always valued this time of year for many different reasons. I have enjoyed the holidays when families get together. In our family holidays, the focus was […]