Welcome To THE NUGGET The Editor September 5, 2020 I had just finished editing a paper for my younger son. It had started out as a 12 page paper; but by the end, it was down to only 10.... This must have been hard on my son. I know from being on the other end of the manuscript that it is incredibly hard when someone edits your work and suggests cuts. You tend to develop an affinity of sorts with the words you've writte ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET "Buggy Whip" Cedars September 03, 2020 Having just put in a flower bed, my husband and I were looking for affordable cedars to plant it with. After pricing them at nearby nurseries, we finally decided on some that were 15$ per tree. They were bare-root, and the four-foot trees looked more like buggy whips than anything else; but we realized we were destined to either pay more than we could afford or have 'buggy whips' ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET 5 Problems Modern Medicine Can’t Solve (That Your Faith Can!) September 1, 2020 Modern medicine is wonderful, but there are some problems it cannot solve. Faith is altogether different. With faith, nothing is impossible! There are at least 5 problems modern medicine can't solve (that your Faith can!): * _Depression_: In the past, depression was described as an overwhelming feeling of helplessness ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET Bengali? Or Bengali? August 29, 2020 Google translate got me into trouble yesterday. I typed in the word "Bengali", pulled out the response written in such beautiful shrift and pasted it into my document. It was to be the hyperlink to a document that a friend had painstakingly translated, and I was seeking the word that represents the language of Bengali. Of course, I could have asked my friend for the translation, bu ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET Sit by Me August 27, 2020 "Come near to God, and he will come near to you." (James 4:8 NIV) Out of the mouths of babes! At the park, while watching Bubble Man move his apparatus so that the wind would blow hundreds of iridescent bubbles at a time, my great-granddaughter patted the grass, and said, "Come sit by me, Grammy." She and all young children love for us to be near them, ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET What IS Prayer, Anyway? August 25, 2020 What is prayer, anyway? Critics say it is a crutch. It is something the Christians do to make them feel better, because it is just that: Something they can actually do in a situation where they are helpless! Unfortunately I suspect that many Christians have only a little better concept of prayer. I have so often heard it said ( ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET He Is the First in EVERYTHING! Part 3 August 22, 2020 In the concluding part of our series titled, "He is the first in everything." After having focused on how the Lord takes the lead in implanting love and faithfulness in us, today let's focus on how our Lord takes the first step forward in implanting hope in us... Hope... Comparing the Christian life to a building, if l ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET He Is the First in EVERYTHING! Part 2 August 20, 2020 In the second part of our series titled, "He is the first in everything" today we we shall focus on the faith aspect of our spiritual walk... Faith... Coming to the "pillar", as it were of Christian faith, first things first here please! The meaning of the word "faith" all through the Scriptures has ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET *He Is the First in EVERYTHING! Part 1* August 18, 2020 "...He is first in everything..." (Col 1:18 TLB) Speaking about the pre-eminence of worship in a Christian's life, a Biblical scholar put it wisely: "If prayer and praise are a preoccupation about our needs and blessings respectively, then worship is a preoccupation with God's glory alone (read God's goodness -- See Ex. 33:18-1 ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET The Flowerbed August 15, 2020 We turned a long patch of grass into a flower bed today. We knew the grass would have to be removed in order to have a weed-free bed, and after significant research, we decided on a procedure for removing the grass problem that seemed the easiest and most economical for us. We purchased a cubic metre of triplemix and 12 meters of landscaping cloth. We then put about 1 ...Continue Reading