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If music is an international language, Country & Western music is easily the "America" part of that language. Whether you're a bona fide fan, a passing listener, or can't bring yourself to listen to it, it's difficult to deny that there's just something about it--and that can be applied in either direction.

The Old Testament is not a Discarded First Draft

When the Old Testament is ignored, belittled and disdained, we suffer as men. God gave us this rich history of countless men and women who God made promises to (covenants) which He kept. Those promises (covenants) affect us even today. We rarely notice them. And yet, without those promises and God’s faithfulness to keep them, we would be in great peril.

Yearly, eighty million Americans suffer varying degrees of distress - up to and including death - from food poisoning.

“Truck drivers are particularly vulnerable to psychological disorders since they experience higher levels of stress than those employed in other occupations,” say Drs. Tracey Bernard, Linda Bouck, and Wendy Young, in a paper written for the American Society of Safety Engineers.

Initially, most would think the Bible is silent as to any business, with the possible exception of fishing (Jesus said, “Follow me and I will make you fishers of men.” Matthew 4:19, Mark 1:17). Yet, on closer examination, we find the Bible has much to say about business which certainly includes all forms of trucking.

Whether you are an owner-operator, a teamster, an employee of a trucking company or own a trucking franchise, the Bible speaks to how you should conduct your business for the maximum benefit for you and others...

It’s the stuff Expediters talk about building… all custom, Class 8 tractor, stretched, 26 ft box, stand up condo sleeper, aluminum rims, chromed out, custom interior….

Ron Wood wanted a custom truck, but couldn’t find one the way he wanted, so he built his own. He took a Ford Aeromax 120 Tractor and lengthened the frame, added a custom box, custom paint….

Most of his time on the road was spent in the southern U.S. along with many miles running the eastern seaboard and Canada, primarily Ontario and Quebec. "I must have been in Ontario 5 or 6 hundred times in the last 13 years with Panther," he says. "I know southern Ontario better than I know most U.S. states."

Over his forty plus years as a commercial driver, he has racked up over three million miles and says, "I lost count after that." "But," he adds, "no matter how long you do this, you still learn new things all the time."

Today’s options for storing medical information range from simple wallet cards and medical jewelry to a tiny USB drive that plugs into most computers.

You can even get a radio frequency identification microchip placed under your skin, which is used to access your medical information in a database.

A point to consider: Drivers who have had the in-truck computer systems like Qualcomm's Omnitrak system, have been using a lower tech on-board recorder all along.

By using the "macros" or canned messages available in the unit, the driver records and transmits data like arrival times, delivery times, proof of delivery and other information.

"When we were with CR England we drove a refrigerated truck.
When we hit a dock, we always had to wait in line and for some reason, the shippers and receivers always treated us like dirt.
They would look at us like we were nothing but a low-life truck driver."

"Now, more often than not, when I climb back into the truck after loading/unloading, I'll tell Kim, 'Gee I love this job!'
They appreciate what we do and they show it."