It is interesting how it can be difficult sometimes to remember what I ate for breakfast, while the memories of my trip to Italy with my parents when I was only 7 years old are so well ingrained in my mind!Take, for example, Castel Sant'Angelo -- Saint Angelo's...
I saw Jesus the other day. The funny thing was that He didn’t look anything like the pictures. He or I should say She was dressed in a faded summer dress that had clearly been through a washing machine a hundred different times. Her shoes were the thick, black...
"Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.” (Ephesians 4:32 ESV)I loved my first grade teacher. Her name was Mrs. Gross but there was nothing gross about her. She had a such a sweet smile and kind way about her. I...
My grandfather was a doctor in London, England. In 1893, he unexpectedly took ill and died.He left my grandmother as a young widow, 26 years old, with four children: a boy of six, a girl of four, my father aged two, and a new-born baby girl.There were no social safety...
"And as you wish that others would do to you, do so to them." (Luke 6:31 ESV) "Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you." (Ephesians 4:32 ESV)Robin Williams said, "Everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know...
"So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets." (Matthew 7:21 NIV)It was a few years ago. A friend had sent me a restaurant gift card for Christmas and I had picked a pretty, sunny Sunday afternoon to...
Over the past couple weeks, I have been telling the stories of a "memorable" vacation that I went on with my parents when I was about 17 years-old. Ever in love with anything American, my father took us across the Atlantic to visit the Big Apple: New York City!I truly...