As I think back to my mother when I was a child, and as I have watched our three children and ten grandchildren relate to my wife, I have observed all of the following in action: a barber and beautician, fashion consultant, chairperson, mechanic, teacher, veterinarian, equipper, interpreter...
All three of our children played baseball in organized leagues growing up. At first, it was a lot of fun, and one of our kids even played on a team that was undefeated. But then, my wife and I finally decided to give up on baseball altogether, and for the following...
In our culture, as you probably well know, the significance of important, highly valued, religious days and times has long been forgotten. For the most part, we live our lives on the surface of frenetic activity. We surf and skim over a body of information, but rarely dive into the...
A Christian psychologist recently conducted an analysis on the effects of alcoholism within the family. In his study, he traced the lives of two boys who were reared in an alcoholic home, but, at an early age, they had been separated by thousands of miles and were totally unaware of the...
Do you need a little laugh about something that is also true? Read on! George Phillips, an elderly man from Walled Lake, Michigan, was going up to bed, when his wife told him that he’d left the light on in the garden shed, which she could see from the bedroom window. ...
In the forests of Northern Europe lives the ermine, a small animal best known for its snow-white fur in the winter. Instinctively, this weasel-like animal protects its glossy fur with great care lest it becomes soiled, and hunters often capitalize on this trait. Instead of setting a...
As we begin the year 2023 together, my prayer is that we will all be challenged in the faith demonstrated by some of our great biblical heroes from the past. May many of their noble characteristics reveal to each of us a worthy challenge in the coming new year. As they before us, let...
Suppose that today we decided to stage an event through one individual that was designed to affect the world forevermore. Would we choose to start with a baby? Probably not, because millions of babies are born each year and precious few affect their own country, much less the...
I think many of us are wondering, “How much does our Building Fund need to be before we can think about building and moving to our new campus?” Our land is paid for, and our building fund is almost at $200,000, but we can begin making plans to move to our new campus only when...
The Pilgrims are well known today for their association with the first Thanksgiving festival. The Pilgrims were “Separatists,” a group of Protestants who believed that they would be unable to reform the Church of England and so, therefore, they felt that they needed to SEPARATE...