"As for the things you have learned and received and heard and seen in me, practice these things, and the God of peace will be with you." (Philippians 4:9 NASB) I have been surrounded by sailors my whole life, but I had little opportunity to join them until 1986, when...
"For to this you have been called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you might follow in his steps."(1 Peter 2:21 ESV) "Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, 'I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in...
As a child, my dad was definitely my hero. It didn't matter to me that he did crazy things or that his "practical jokes" often offended other people. He was my dad, and there wasn't anything he could do to make me stop admiring him. Even when his music-listening...
Given the current situation with abnormal COVID-19 times and the inability to do "normal" activities, I have been thinking about people whom I have met and the impressions that they have made on me.Over the years, I have been privileged to meet — and sometimes to work...
One of the dearest memories that I have from my teenage years is living in an old two-storey cement block house that had very little insulation. In the winter, we put plastic on the inside of the windows in the upstairs bedrooms to reduce the chilly draft. I used to...
"But I tell you not to resist an evil person. But whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also. If anyone wants to sue you and take away your tunic, let him have your cloak also. And whoever compels you to go one mile, go with him two." (Matthew...
As I began to tell last Friday, my dad was always my hero. I was so proud to call him my dad, and with each of his childhood stories, I admired him more and more...He was definitely a prankster. In fact, he took the goal of being a prankster to a new level; and even...