It is seven minutes until three o’clock; the time that Jesus was on the cross is about over. In our home on Good Friday, from twelve until three was to be a quiet time out of respect for our Lord’s suffering and crucifixion. As children, we were not allowed to play outside but could only … Continue reading Good Friday | Walk With Ken Boyle – April 2, 2021
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The Best of Times | Walk With Ken Boyle – March 21, 2021
Charles Dickens begins his novel The Tale of Two Cities with the sentence, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” As I begin my walk with you, those words come to mind. Last week for me was the worst of times and the best of times. It began with the … Continue reading The Best of Times | Walk With Ken Boyle – March 21, 2021
(Updated) Tom | Walk With Ken Boyle – March 3, 2021
The time is five-thirty in the evening, and the day has been warmer and less windy than earlier this week. In some places, the snow has melted, but there are still beautiful winter scenes all about us. It is so beautiful this time of the night to drive by farmhouses and see the windows with … Continue reading (Updated) Tom | Walk With Ken Boyle – March 3, 2021
One Nation Under God | Walk With Ken Boyle – February 13, 2021
My walk with you this week took place on Tuesday morning. So, we are going back in time to visit with each other. It’s Tuesday morning, and I am sitting in my truck in a parking lot waiting for Dale to return from her hair appointment. A gentle snow is falling, and my truck is … Continue reading One Nation Under God | Walk With Ken Boyle – February 13, 2021
Heart Strangely Warmed | Walk With Ken Boyle, January 24, 2021
It is Sunday night around 7 o’clock, and Dale and I are sitting in our living room enjoying the heat from our wood stove. It has been a special day for it was our last Christmas celebration for the year 2020. The pandemic caused us to wait a long time before we could see daughter … Continue reading Heart Strangely Warmed | Walk With Ken Boyle, January 24, 2021
Books | Walk With Ken Boyle – January 3, 2021
It is Sunday afternoon and a good time to visit with me in my study. We have just returned home from Concord and are settling in for a cold night in our home. Dale will ask me to light a fire in our woodstove, and I will be glad to do so. Yesterday, we had … Continue reading Books | Walk With Ken Boyle – January 3, 2021
Christmas 2020 | Walk With Ken Boyle – December 20, 2020
“The sun that brief December day rose cheerless over hills of gray,And darkly circled gave at noon a sadder light than waning moon.”The poet Whittier goes on to say in the midst of that snowstorm-“So, all night long the storm roared on; the morning broke without a sun;”“What matter how the night behaved? What matter … Continue reading Christmas 2020 | Walk With Ken Boyle – December 20, 2020
Thanksgiving | Walk With Ken Boyle – November 22, 2020
I’m so sorry I have not walked with you for a time for I have missed our walks together. My oldest brother told me how busy he was after he retired, and I questioned that would happen when I retired. I was wrong. Part of it is because I do not have the stamina I … Continue reading Thanksgiving | Walk With Ken Boyle – November 22, 2020
Candleberry Chapel | Walk With Ken Boyle – October 26, 2020
It is a rainy, cold day here in New Hampshire. Molly is tucked under my desk as I visit with you. It is not a good day for a walk so we will visit in my study. As you may have figured by now, I have not been sitting at my desk for quite some time. You … Continue reading Candleberry Chapel | Walk With Ken Boyle – October 26, 2020
Sunday Drives | Walk With Ken Boyle – October 4, 2020
Just before the Second World War my father purchased a 1939 Buick. That car would not be replaced until the war was over. Now as good as American automobiles are today, they usually did not last that long back in the thirties and forties. An automobile was often replaced every two or three years. With … Continue reading Sunday Drives | Walk With Ken Boyle – October 4, 2020
