"To love him with all your heart, with all your understanding and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices." (Mark 12:33 NIV)It had been a near-perfect day at Six Flags Darien Lake. It had...
Imagine being bedridden for several years due to the ravaging affects of an unknown illness. Pain is your constant companion. Friends have become scarce, and you feel you have been completely abandoned by anyone who could brighten your days. You're facing death all...
We were at the gate in Buffalo, New York, waiting for our flight to board, when we noticed her. She must have come quite early, for she was the first one in the pre-board area, and there were three wheelchairs, including my mother-in-law's, lined up behind her. She...
Where do you go when you’ve got eye trouble? Of course, you head to an optometrist.Many people, as age creeps upon them, deny the fact that their eyesight needs examination and repair, and stumble on through life straining their eyes to read essential...
Driving to work is always a unique experience for me. The ever-changing beauty of the countryside never ceases to fill me with a sense of awe towards my Creator who cares so much for me.One day as I entered the highway, I noticed something very peculiar: all of the...
The summer holidays were finally here, and we were happy to note that they were accompanied this year by the oven hot temperatures that we always hope for. It was the very first weekend of "freedom" from school, and we decided to celebrate by doing some shopping. My...
"The chief cupbearer, however, did not remember Joseph; he forgot him." - Genesis 40:23As morning broke on December 14, 1862, the battlefield at Fredericksburg, Virginia revealed a ghastly landscape. More than 8,000 Union soldiers lay dead or dying before a stone wall...