Author: Ray Sanders

Anyone who travels can relate to the anxiety I recently felt when boarding an airplane on business. No I am not referring to the nervous jitters that pass through your mind as you prepare for take-off. I’m not even talking...

I will have to die another day. I recently lived to celebrate yet another candle on my birthday cake. Dimming the lights proved to be no problem for the picture takers. The candles provided plenty of illumination.My wife does a...

Oh to be young and in love. Not that being old and in love is bad, but I sure like that younger part these days. When I was young and in love, I simply didn’t know what I didn’t know about love. Now that I am older,...

I recently discovered a little taste of Heaven here on Earth. My discovery came none to soon. I love what I do, but I must admit, I had grown tired and weary of the daily grind.In Genesis 2:2 it says, “By the seventh day...

Because I live on the edge of town, it doesn’t take long to reach the country. As much as we like to think of ourselves as “city folk,” we still have plenty of opportunity to experience the joys of rural...

One of my childhood heroes died recently. There was hardly a boy my age who didn’t aspire to pop a wheelie like the man in the red, white and blue leather suit. The world knew him as Evel Knievel. To me, he seemed...

I have been a photographer for more than 20 years. Photo assignments have taken me on many great and exciting adventures. I have floated down rivers in Africa capturing close ups of hippos, crocodiles and elephants. I have...

It is not every week you are given the opportunity to share the Sunday morning message in your childhood church. Such was the case recently when a pastor friend asked if I would fill the pulpit while he ministered on the mission...

Cats. You either love them or hate them. For most people, there is no in between. As for me, well let’s just say I’m a dog man. Growing up, we never had cats. We didn’t need to because our neighbor raised...