Jared Akers

How to Remember Today Years From Now

It was a beautiful summer day in 2007. My girlfriend (now my wife) and I were visiting her son and his wife. They own a small house in a rural town about twenty minutes away. It was to be a short...

Surviving Terminal Uniqueness

Emulate tr.v., -lat·ed, -lat·ing, -lates. 1. To strive to equal or excel, especially through imitation: an older pupil whose accomplishments and style I emulated.

A Thankful Heart

The Greatest Gift

Practical Prayer

I work with computers. I like things that make sense, most of the time. As a kid, I was always taking things apart—clocks, radios, you name it—to discover what made them tick. As for God? Whatever…...