It's so hard to lose face in front of people! Even more so if they are personal friends or people who have respect for you. All of us however, will sooner or later face such embarrassment, some more than others.In 1945, New Hampshire declared the Old Man of the...
For Mother's Day this year, we decided to take our mom for a walk down the Niagara River Gorge. It was fun going up and down over the myriads of boulders as we followed the path of the Niagara River, and to my complete delight, the walk offered hundreds of perfect...
"But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, looked up to heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God." (Acts 7:55, NIV2)Weeks after I wrote about Stephen's stoning, one verse remained vividly in my mind: The one mentioned above. In fact it...
He woke. It was dark, but the light of a half moon shined through the window. It provided enough for him to distinguish the strange bed he lay in and the equally strange furniture. On an old dresser, he saw his cap; on a chair, his clothes haphazardly draped.He sat up...
December 18, 1865 was a special day for those who lived under the harsh conditions of slavery. That day, the Thirteenth Amendment to the constitution of the United States of America, the amendment that would official abolish slavery, was passed.Not every slave heard...
Hebrews 12:3 - Just think of Him (Jesus) Who endured from sinners such grievous opposition and bitter hostility against Himself [reckon up and consider it all in comparison with your trials], so that you may not grow weary or exhausted, losing heart and relaxing and...
It has been over a month now since a powerful magnitude-9.0 earthquake and tsunami devastated Japan. The confirmed death toll is over 13,000 and continues to rise. In the midst of all the horror stories are occasional heroic tales of survival and rescue. One of the...