"Praise the Lord, all you nations; extol him, all you peoples. For great is his love toward us, and the faithfulness of the Lord endures forever. Praise the Lord." - Psalm 117:1-2Australian singer and songwriter Darlene Zschech gained international recognition in 1998...
Just yesterday I was in the local post office and observed a poster that warned of unusual mail. On the poster was a picture of a mailer with an oily spot. This morning at work I received a rather strange mailer package on my desk.Sitting at my desk in my safe work...
My father-in-law, James Merchant, is a watchman for his family. I've now assumed the primary role of watching over his daughter, Ceci, but for years he did an admirable job. Actually, her real name is Celia-that's what he calls her (pronounced by him and others in...
Almost 15 years ago, Bill Broadhurst entered the Pepsi Challenge 10,000-meter road race in Omaha, Nebraska. Ten years before that, he had undergone surgery for an aneurysm in his brain. The surgery left him partially paralysed on the left side of his body. So, on a...
He lived "way out in the sticks." Maybe it wasn't exactly the end of the earth, but you could see it from there. Then he won an all-expenses-paid trip to New York by being the designated caller in a radio contest.So he took his first ride on a jet. He landed at...
For many years Monterey, a California coast town, was a pelican's paradise. As the fishermen cleaned their fish, they flung the offal to the pelicans. The birds grew fat, lazy, and contented. Eventually, however, the offal was utilized, and there were no longer snacks...