It all started out innocently enough. I was doing a routine search of the ministry websites, looking for a story that had been published a couple of years ago, and when the site search engines repeatedly crashed my web browser, I decided to look it up on Google....
Based on the stories she told again and again, I concluded she had once been a well-to-do woman. But now, as a resident in a nursing home, she was left with only a limited wardrobe and a few photos of her family.As I looked at her, I tried to imagine what she must...
Our trek from Skagway, Alaska to Whitehorse, Yukon brought us through three different and amazing ecosystems, each unique in and of itself; and all of this, within an hour.The first that we passed through was the Coastal Rainforest, typified by its huge, lush trees...
Many things about your life are not yours to choose. You didn't choose to be born to that mother and father. Matter of fact, you didn't choose to be born at all! You didn't choose a body build, a nose, or ears. And you can't rework the things that have happened to you...
I have a vivid memory of two back-to-back nights in Chicago. One evening I met with a good friend who informed me she was leaving her husband, also a close friend. "He doesn't meet my needs," she said. "I know he tries to be a good husband and good father, but I've...
"Don't be weighed down with things that concern this world: What should we wear? What should we eat? What should we drink? … Look at the birds. They don't worry …" Matthew 6:25,26 Clear Word ParaphrasePhilio is my son-in-law's Blue-headed Pionus. They are great pals...
They say "make the best of a bad situation." But I believe the bad situation makes the best of you. Even the irritations of life can be useful. President Abraham Lincoln showed us how this is so.One of his cabinet appointees, Edwin Stanton, frequently found flaws with...