It was World War I, and the entire world was in turmoil. The Germans had invaded Belgium, and were close to conquering it completely. There was just one small area that continued to resist the invaders: Diksmijde. And this one tiny area would continue to resist until...
Have you ever wondered if you could truly be forgiven by God, our Father? Is your past haunting you? Are the faces of those you hurt in the past etched forever on your memory? Does it seem that nothing you do ever seems good enough, and that you really deserve the...
My 82 year-old friend had saved his meagre earnings in order to travel to Israel. He had made the trip before, with a tour, but this time he planned to go by himself. He was excited when he arrived at Ben Gurion International Airport, and once he cleared immigration,...
How easy is it to get lost!Ask a tourist and he will sure be able to tell you. I haven't met a tourist yet who has never been lost, at least once!As we neared the Skogafoss waterfalls in Iceland, for example, we noticed a vehicle turning around to head down a dirt...
While climbing to the top of Skogafoss waterfalls in Iceland, we noticed a ladder bridging a barbed-wire fence. This seemed to be quite customary in this country, and naturally, having spied a smaller waterfall up ahead, my mountain-goat-like family wanted to climb...
In "Forgiven, Part 6", we looked at the story of the prodigal son and discovered how excited his father was when he who was lost returned home. The father welcomed the wayward boy with open arms.But not everyone was so hospitable. His older brother was fuming with...
Being brought up in a coastal European community after World War II, I was well warned about the dangers of picking up objects in the dunes. Although our dunes had been thoroughly combed for explosive devises, every once in a while we would hear horrible stories about...