I have a small, hobby sized vegetable garden. It by no means produces a freezer filled with vegetables to last the winter, but it does provide a modest harvest that my wife and I enjoy in late summer and early fall.This year however, my little plantation is stunted....
"You have heard that it was said, 'You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.' But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you." (Matthew 5:43-44 ESV) As the tour bus wound through the Galilean countryside into the Golan Heights,...
I was walking to a residential place with friends. We accompanied a young man who was new to our area. He was quite striking for his dark skin and accent. We accepted him as a friend and a colleague.It was night, the environment was pleasant, the weather was favorable...
"Flee the evil desires of youth, and pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace, along with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart." - 2 Timothy 2:22Erica Harold was crowned Miss America in 2003. Part of her platform for the beauty contest is sexual...
Tradition has it that Michelangelo was teaching some art students one day. He walks over to one of his students and then starts painting on his canvass. He then hands the student the brush. The student is awestruck. He asks: "How can I finish what you have...
"The Lord will prepare a feast of rich food for all peoples -- a banquet of aged wine -- the best of meats and the finest of wines." (Isaiah 25:6 NIV) "Taste and see that the Lord is good." (Psalm 34:8 NIV) A baby lives for his next feed. He doesn't...
"I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful." (John 15:1-2 NIV)My wife and I celebrated our last anniversary in a...