Last Friday, in Lessons From the Classroom, Part 19, I told the story of how God picked me up out of my "self"-given plans of becoming a principal and set me back down on the right path: Back in the classroom.Unfortunately, I had a problem. I couldn't return to my...
"Listen well to the voice of the Lord your God. Do what is right in His eyes. Listen to what He tells you, and obey all His Laws. If you do this, I will put none of the diseases on you which I have put on the Egyptians. For I am the Lord Who heals you." (Exodus...
This morning, I received a lovely card from someone in my congregation. On the front, it had a picture of a beautifully lit church standing beside a gently flowing stream. Inside was a cheque donated to Erin church, along with one simple question: "When?"I have asked...
As a student, I participated in a job experience program for a few weeks at a local newspaper office. One evening, I took the stairs to the building lobby instead of the elevator, but found as the heavy door latched behind me, it would not reopen. With mounting...
Henry L. Mencken said it first: "For every complex problem, there is a solution that is simple, neat, and wrong." Several 7-Eleven stores learned the truth of that statement. According to a NEW YORK TIMES article, a number of the convenience stores had a problem with...
Both boys seemed too old for this historical merry-go round. It was originally constructed for the European show circuit, with classic artwork that had been painstakingly restored. But they insisted. Their tickets were purchased, the queue joined, and before long it...
For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I keep on doing. Romans 7:19Several years ago, the London Transit Authority had a problem.Customers were complaining their bus wasn't stopping to pick them up. When they were questioned, the...