by Brooks Hartzell Most of our readers here know how much we love our Florida snowbirding life!  Our little mobile home park in the Tampa...

Several of TOL's own fruits and nuts visited the amazing Jungle Jim's in Cincinnati today!

​by Brooks(ie) Hartzell Praise God for His miraculous provision of work for Isaac with some lessons learned! A few weeks back I was...

They won’t stop staring at me. Being the object of ones’ stare can be unnerving, perhaps annoying, or at least uncomfortable. My three...

I thought the light was green…the other driver said it was red. “BOOM!” said the Fed-Ex 18-wheeler as he slammed into my car today. As we...

It seemed a great idea. Being stationed at an Air Force Base overseas on the island of Crete is surely something the Lord would...

My stepdaughter started college classes this week and it took me back to my own parental liberation. Mine came in stages…having returned...

Submitted by Brooks Hartzell "Faith sometimes produces immediate results but not always. Enduring faith produces answers with character."

"If you're not living on the edge, you're taking up too much space!" 😊 (Submitted by Brooks Hartzell)

by Nancy Brubaker I love it when God uses daily life to teach me a lesson. There are thunderstorms raging around us right now. They were...

There is a dichotomy in Christendom. ‘The Santa Claus Syndrome’ versus ‘The Husband/Wife Paradigm.’ ‘The Life of If/Then’ versus ‘The...

by Brooks Hartzell Heaven! These last few weeks in Florida were great! Marla and I saw dear friends, enjoyed the weather and outdoors,...

by Brooks Hartzell ENTHUSIASM!! This is what stood out to me the most when I watched “Jesus Revolution” the second time this week. It’s...

Retirement is a remarkable adventure. As a former counselor/therapist I met several men in their mid-60s who presented with significant...

Many of us are YouTube perusers, often to the detriment of “what we ought to be doing…” If you imbibe that medium, your feed quickly...

submitted by Brooks Hartzell Things happen TO you, So God can work things IN you, So He can work THROUGH you!

submitted by Brooks Hartzell [1Co 13:4-8 NKJV] Love SUFFERS LONG [it’s not just good feelings and fun times, but often includes difficult...

[On the] Sunny Side of the Street - Jimmy James and his Orchestra - YouTube (1) Jim's Boogie Jimmy James and His Orchestra - YouTube In...

That was in a 700 Club testimony of a chronically addicted young man who entered a rehab one last time expecting to fail again and no...

A man, out for a walk in the woods came across a bear. Frightened for his life, he ran as fast as he could to escape and hid in a cave....