My essay/chapter, Squirrels: 1, Home Team: 0, appeared in Lake Country Journal Magazine, Feb/Mar 2023 Issue.  I was honored to be one of the featured writers.  Most people can’t imagine an old Lutheran pastor standing outside, naked, but for an afghan wrapped around his waist, one cold February morning.  The

Who knew?  The sad/humorous recounting of my first and last fish house ownership adventure would become a sermon illustration.  That the sermon illustration would become an essay in the Jan/Feb 1998 Issue of Lake Country Journal Magazine and then be reprinted in the 10th Anniversary Edition, in 2007.  Who knew

Watch a video about how Darrell started his writing career with Lakes Country Journal and eventually becoming a published Minnesota Author.

A hairy arm, plaid flannel sleeve rolled up, extended out of the pickup window and held high a fist with middle finger raised.   A week before Christmas, at the end of the tumultuous year 2020, I was headed for the dump.  Driving where four lane transitions to two, loud rumbling