Last week I noticed a rash on my arm. While researching what might be causing my itchy problem, I was reminded of the fact that, with the advent of vaccines, many of the rash-causing diseases I had as a child, have all but vanished. I didn’t find an answer to my rash, but I did…
The Bible tells us again and again not to worry, not to be anxious about anything. For example, Philippians 4:6-7 puts it this way: “Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will…
Making life fair seems to be a relentless cultural ambition but it’s simply not possible this side of heaven, and the Federal Communications Commission may be the only government institution that understand this. On August 4, 1987, the FCC voted 4-0 to abolish the Fairness Doctrine, which required radio & television stations to present balanced coverage…
Character traits are defined as the individual qualities or attributes that make up a person’s overall individuality. These descriptions can be physical, emotional, mental, or moral. Every person is made up of many different traits or qualities, and these can also change over the course of someone’s life. Character traits are the building blocks of personality;…
Elaine Steinbeck (1914-2003) visited a Tokyo bookstore to see if they had her husband John’s Pulitzer Prize-winning book, The Grapes of Wrath. The Japanese clerk found a copy but called it The Angry Raisins. Reader’s Digest, June 1990, p.106. The book was written in the 1930s, a time of hardship for many across the United States. Not only…
Two pastors, who liked to fish, invited a third pastor from another denomination to come fishing with them. Out on the lake, the first pastor needed to go to the bathroom. He walked on water to the restroom on shore. A while later the second pastor did the same thing. The third pastor had to…
There is a humorous story about two men on a bridge. One of them is about the jump. The gist of the story is that they are both Christians, from the same denomination, and the man asking the questions of the jumper gets down to the finer details, such as which subdivision of the subdivision…
It’s easy to feel pessimistic if we listen to all of the horrific news reports that air constantly. It seems like all we hear about are the things that are going wrong in the world––from terrorist attacks and school shootings to local drug busts. It seems like things are getting worse and worse. When we…
Toddlers as well as older children, all instinctively know how to test us. It’s their job! They need to test us in order to learn to become independent, productive citizens who know how to take care of themselves, and at some point, perhaps, children of their own. The following poem, first published by Erma Bombeck…
If you love something, set it free. If it comes back, it was, and always will be yours. If it never returns, it was never yours to begin with. If it just sits in your living room, messes up your stuff, eats your food, uses your phone, takes your money and never behaves as if you actually set it…