There are times we shouldn’t look back.
Yesterday is an old film set. So is the day before that and the day before that one.
Each day the cast is released, the set is broken down, and the film ...
In January of 2026, an ice storm stretched from Texas to the Carolinas. News reports cried, “Yikes! This will be worse than the Storm of 2021!”
An inch of ice. Trees bursting with the cold. As ...
When a great cat of the African wild apprehends a victim, the feline attacker often takes down a prey many times larger than she is. A number of skills enables her to do this, including cunning, ...
A storm hits, something smacks the side of the house, and we go, “Whoa! What was that?”
In 2020, a weather event slammed into eastern North Carolina. Something flashed across a family’s front ...
In a fictional conversation between God and Jesus, God decides to send someone to investigate the rowdiness taking place on the earth. In this fictional conversation, God suggests that Jesus take ...
Visit any high school football game during the fall, and we will be treated to youthful athletic prowess beyond measure. We will also see fumbles and recoveries, simple actions that not only teach ...
A baby has no plans, not that we can ascertain.
They arrive as blank slates. They have no backstory. They aren’t weighed down with the baggage of family history or disgruntled relationships.
They ...
God’s love that flowed through Jesus on the cross formed a foundational love. From the day of Jesus’ crucifixion, the Christian church established a foothold on the earth. From that leaping off ...
Winter covers us like a blanket.
The short days, the chilling winds, possibly even snow … the world around us seems dead, a black-and-white movie now scratched and barely flickering with old ...
Plant a summer garden, and we will know death, even as we see the green shoots of life reaching for the sun. The seed buried in the soil falls apart even as new life bursts forth. Those first leaves ...
At a county fair, the big prize is the giant teddy bear. It’s the one we all want to go for. Shoot the most ducks, and take home the grand prize! Play the ring toss, and we could win the ...
When Jesus took our place on the cross, all future history was changed. Instead of humanity having to suffer under the burden of its sin, we instead got to revel in God’s unbroken love poured out ...
Brand-spanking new.
Isn’t that something we all see as positive?
The old cooking range with its wood-fired oven or a newly built electronic one?
A 1935 Cadillac touring car or the shine on a new ...
