Having been raised/programmed with all the principals of a virtuous woman, Granny also lived in our home (a survivor of the Great Depression). Additionally, with four siblings, eight to nine people lived in our house at any given time. Parents being in mission work,...
"and said: 'Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked I will depart. The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; may the name of the Lord be praised.'" - Job 1:21Stanley Kresge was born on June 11, 1900 in Detroit, Michigan. He graduated from Albion College in 1923...
"A flood will carry off his house, rushing waters on the day of God's wrath." - Job 20:28In 1988, William "Buddy" Post of Oil City, Pennsylvania, won $16.2 million in the Pennsylvania Lottery. The jackpot was to be paid to Buddy over a period of twenty-five years....
You've heard the question asked, "If your home were on fire, what you try to save?" Most people answer that they would rescue people and pets and as many photographs and memories as possible.The question we are facing is similar. We are forced to consider, "If we have...
Exhaustion had taken its toll and there I stood with tears streaming down my cheeks, barely able to mouth the words to explain my despair. It was gone. A one hundred dollar bill I had stuffed into the kangaroo pocket of my pullover sweatshirt had fallen out and I...
Attending a game show wasn't your idea of a vacation activity, but your kids wanted to go, so you gave in. Now that you're here, you are beginning to enjoy it. The studio frenzy is contagious. The music is upbeat. The stage is colorful. And the stakes are high."Higher...
There is a story of a wealthy man named Karl who loved to ride his horse over his vast estate and congratulate himself on his good fortune. On one such ride, he came across an old tenant farmer named Hans. Hans had just stopped to eat his lunch in the shade of a great...