by Rick Boyer | Oct 31, 2016 | Character Lessons
One day when I was a boy, I walked over to the home of my friend, Butch. I had my dog, Spike on a leash and he walked with me. I knocked on the door, but no one answered. So Spike and I turned around to start the half-mile trip back home. We left Butch’s...
by Rick Boyer | Jul 12, 2016 | Story Saturday
If you’ve read Portraits of Integrity, you may remember the story of William Booth, the founder of the Salvation Army. His life and work are rightfully admired all over the world. He’s a man our children should get to know. Born in Nottingham, England in 1829, Booth...
by Rick Boyer | Jul 5, 2016 | Story Saturday
For over a hundred years after the Civil War, Robert E. Lee was a hero to Americans in the South and widely respected in the northern states as well. His personal integrity, courage, brilliance on the battlefield and finally his grace in defeat made him a legend in...
by Rick Boyer | Jun 28, 2016 | Story Saturday
If ever there was a humble hero, such was George Washington Carver. Carver was born a slave near Diamond, Missouri during the Civil War. His mother was stolen from her owner, Moses Carver. Although the baby George was taken as well, he was soon found and...
by Rick Boyer | Jun 21, 2016 | Story Saturday
It was June, 1863 and the Civil War was going badly for the Confederacy in Tennessee. Southern General Braxton Bragg found his army threatened by the much larger northern Army of the Cumberland under General Rosecrans. The situation called for bold measures to draw...
