My heart was pounding with excitement as I contemplated what I would write today. My Heavenly Father had come through big time, and I was looking forward to sharing this blessing with the world. Only one problem: I didn't know which Bible verse to choose. But why...
It was many years ago. I was a young dad sitting on the couch reading a fairy tale to my little girl. She sat next to me with her head on my arm as I told the tale. When it came to the end I finished with those famous words: “And they lived happily ever after.” As I...
We had made arrangements to visit a Jewish museum in Oswiecim in the evening after our tour of the Auschwitz-Berkinau concentration camps. The museum generally closes at 6 P.M., but we were able to make arrangements to visit them at 7 P.M, and to even have a little...
"A fierce windstorm arose, and the waves were breaking over the boat, so that the boat was already being swamped." (Mark 4:37, HCSB) How often don't we face unimaginable storms in our lives? Some worry that they will be laid off; students who have finished their...
My wife Ruth and I farmed sheep for a number of years, and those sheep taught us many valuable lessons. Farmers are noted for being a diversified group of people, and some seem to be of the opinion that there is nothing that they cannot master and accomplish.Sheep...
"Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he...
This spring has brought many days of snow. Almost daily it continues to accumulate. And now the deeps have come. The white fluff has risen to the point of making it difficult to maneuver the driveway, the paths, the corral. And for my small dog, Sienna, the deeps...