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...
Let’s think for a minute about the Innkeeper. Everyone puts him down as being so mean for not making room for a pregnant woman to have a place to give birth; for turning them away. In doing so Joseph had to search for some place warm and safe for Mary to give...
Luke 10:25-28 - On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. "Teacher," he asked, "what must I do to inherit eternal life?" "What is written in the Law?" He replied. "How do you read it?" He answered: "'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and...
I was driving home the other day on a sunny afternoon. I had a smile on my face as I sang along to the songs on the radio. It was a beautiful day. I felt full of happiness and oneness with God. My good mood ended, however, when the radio station took a news break...
Matthew 7:3-4 Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, let me take the speck out of your eye, when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? NIVMy collie...
It was another busy day for Kim; she sometimes felt overwhelmed and then she would wonder why she ever HAD TAKEN this job. Cooking supper for 50 residents at the NURSING home was indeed a challenge. One of the aids stuck her head and whispered,“Crazy Betty is coming...
One morning recently, as I was running on the sidewalk, pushing Samuel along in the stroller, I was cut off by three different people, and had to stop in my tracks at crosswalks as people pulled out into the intersection without looking for pedestrians. It isn't fair!...