Since my early childhood I have had the nasty preoccupation with trying to please others. Not that this is a bad thing. It's only bad when the reactions of others become the basis of your self-esteem!For example:I try to encourage my students to enjoy math to the...
We had no difficulty whatsoever getting into the Bahamas. We had one passport check, we waited an hour for our luggage to arrive, and we were off! Leaving this beautiful country, however, was a completely different story!First we had the usual baggage check, after...
You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world. 1 John 4:4Although the calendar was barely registering December, my son-in-law got the train down from the attic. To the delight of...
My dog and I were witnesses to the funniest sight the other day: A squirrel, running in place!We were just recovering from a 15 cm snow fall the day, and it was -20° C. The roads hadn't been cleared yet, and anyone who's run in ankle-deep snow knows that it is...
I've characterized hope as a pearl of great price that can be placed in the heart to bring the machine of happiness roaring to life. There is another way to look at hope. A short analogy:There is a dark cellar. The walls of this cellar are a bit of a mystery to you....
Prasanna was raised to despise Christians. After her husband died, Prasanna shouldered the responsibilities of raising her family, earning a meager wage as a servant.When her daughter fell in love with a Christian boy, Prasanna swiftly intervened. She arranged for her...
It had already been a week since I landed on the moon, and it was exactly 48 years after the original moon landing of Apollo 11 on July 20, 1969.I had been sent here on a mission to collect rocks from one of its biggest craters, the South Pole-Aitken Basin, but unlike...