Happy birthday to you

Does your family have a birthday “season” – a stretch of just a few weeks where it seems like someone has a birthday every week to ten days? We do. It starts in the second half of September and goes into November. No better time to get the family together than birthday cake, right? We celebrated my son’s birthday…

Tim Calcara on October 5, 2020

Blest be family ties that bind

I took my daughter out for her birthday this week.  It’s becoming one of my “most looked forward to” rituals. She lives with her husband in Cedar Falls so when I’m in town the week of her birthday, we pick an exotic destination and we go.  We celebrate her birthday, and we catch up.  Looking forward to many…

Tim Calcara on September 20, 2013

Afraid of growing old

When I meet with some of the precious people who support Life 101.9 as Day Partners,  I usually ask them what prayer needs they have.  Two days ago, a long time friend of the radio station surprised me by asking me to give him something that I could pray for. This doesn’t often happen so I thought I’d seize this golden opportunity…

Tim Calcara on August 8, 2013