The word "love" is used a lot these days. I've noticed young people saying, "Love you!" when they leave or part company. Love is expressed by total strangers, at times through cards or letters. So, I was wondering, what is "love"? Here is one of many definitions that...
"There is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear, because fear involves punishment, and the one who fears is not perfected in love."(1 John 4:18 NASB) It was a morning in March here in the mountains of my home. The weather forecast had called for another 5...
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...
We finally awoke to a "dry" day in Juneau. The sun wasn't shining and there was a heavy cloud cover overhead; but for the moment, the clouds were higher in the sky, and other than an occasional drizzle that was meant to remind us that we were, indeed, in Alaska, they...
I want to cry out “Help, I’m married to a man made of stone. I wish just once, on Valentine’s Day, he would display a little romance.” Is romance what she really wanted? Here is the definition: Romance is the expressive and pleasurable feeling from an emotional...
For many years, I played a brass instrument. Originally, I played small instruments like the cornet and horns, but over the years, I "graduated" to playing the largest, called a bass or tuba.Occasionally, I would hear comments that I could do so because I was full of...
"Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it." (1 Cor. 12:27 NIV)I can remember once when I was just a little boy my Mom, Nana and I drove to my Nana’s sister’s house in the next town. It was a warm, Summer afternoon so I went outside to play...