When we read about the Israelites---how they experienced the parting of the Red Sea, their safe passage to the other side, witnessing their enemies being destroyed, and only three days later murmuring against Moses, “What shall we drink?”---we wonder what kind of...
(This is a follow-up from the previous article. If you have not read it I encourage you to read it before you read this article.) There are many single women today who are discontent with their families, their education, their jobs, their singleness, and many other...
The story is told of a young man, who, in the “prime” of his life, woke one morning, but was unable to get out of bed. His legs and arms were like rubber. He could move his head, his hands, his feet, and his body, but his arms and legs seemed to have no bone, and no...
For some reason my mind has been on food these last few days, not just on one item and not just on one meal, and not just for a common occasion. My thoughts have been on a feast, in which I picture this long table that extends out of my sight, with so much food, and...
How important are the teachings of Jesus in the world today? The writer of the book of Hebrews began with these words, “God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his...
What good are Birthdays now and then, Except to think what might have been; Unless we know of Whom we’re born; Who brings New Life, each day, each morn. Whose Eyes, to See; Whose Ears, to Hear; Whose Mind, to Understand How we, so small, so lost in time Are part of...
Jerry drove 30 minutes to our daughter’s house after sitting in church two hours. When we got there he took off his prosthesis and sat in his wheelchair for two more hours. As is the routine, he suggested (letting me know that our time together was coming to an end)...
This month the Kwansan Cherry tree is taking the spotlight from the prickly Bradford Pear. Like the Bradford Pear the Kwansan Cherry is an ornamental (no fruit), a hybrid planted only for its showy pink blooms. It grows 30-40 feet high and wide . Growers say that it...
Behind every person is a possibility. As I thought of writing this article three people came to mind; all are young men, each in his twenties. Jerad is dying of brain cancer. Don will soon graduate from college with a degree in History. Darren is married, and needs a...