“Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.” - 1 John 2:15a, 17During a visit to Cape Cod we took a 40 minute ferry ride out to the Martha’s...
What a challenge I faced? I am not the most impractical person at home and here I was searching for a successful solution to a very unstable cement balustrade. What a struggle! Where do I go? Who do I talk to?It wasn't very long before plan A, B & C were...
I read of a horrendous story of a stolen car and a baby’s death. The mother stepped out of the car for just a moment, and a young thief took the chance to slip into the driver’s seat and tear away, unaware of the 11-month old baby in the back seat.With the distraught...
How many of you have ever been given the best-intentioned gift – the 1500 – 2000 piece puzzle of an amazing National Geographic type scene? Not being an expert at matching these intricate jagged like bits of cardboard that almost always looked the same color, it would...
Once, as a child, we were dead center (or so it seemed) of a really severe electrical storm; with sounds so loud the affect was a bit more like explosions on our nerves. Though, thankfully, all the family was home; family couldn't even have kept us safe.We gathered...
In the Middle East a fable is told of a Baghdad merchant who sent his servant to the marketplace to run an errand. When the servant had completed his assignment and was about to leave the marketplace, he turned a corner and unexpectedly met Lady Death.The look on...
HTML clipboard After I had been a Christian approximately seven years, I served on the staff for a church which stressed the importance of exercising faith to receive God's blessings. By contrast, in my personal life I was crying out with a deep desire to know God for...