"But, as it is written, 'What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man imagined, what God has prepared for those who love him.'" (1 Corinthians 2:9 NIV)When I was a boy I had the craziest bus ride to school everyday. First I had to get up early, wolf down...
"So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day."(2 Corinthians 4:16 ESV) "The glory of young men is their strength, but the splendor of old men is their gray hair." (Proverbs 20:29 ESV) I was watching a...
Being a retiree with a house and no mortgage, the search for a place to live isn't something I've had much recent experience with. Until now that is. A dear friend from China has taken a professorship in Canada and is landing very soon. The only problem is, she has no...
"The Bridegroom soon will call us, 'Come to the wedding feast.' May slumber not befall us nor watchfulness decrease. May all our lamps be burning with oil enough and more, that we, with Him returning, may find an open door!"There shall we see in glory our dear...
No trip to Italy would be complete without visiting the famous Fiumi Fountain in Rome, and that is where my father took us.Of course, I didn't know anything about its history then, nor why it was so famous. Hey, I didn't even know that it was famous! All I knew was...
There seemed to be no end to the wonders of Rome. Just when I thought there couldn't be anything more amazing, there was. There was the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican!The Vatican, in and of itself, was so beautiful. But when I entered the Sistine Chapel and saw those...