Take a kindergartner to a candy shop. Her eyes will light up, and you’ll hear the excitement in her voice. Each item she sees will raise her level of enthusiasm. “That one! I want that! No, that! ...
Darkness depresses us.
Literally. Without enough sunlight, our melatonin gets out of whack, and our brain doesn’t work correctly. It’s called Seasonal Affective Disorder, or SAD.
The cure? More ...
Even a king must earn his way. A queen must pay her dues, be dutiful in all things royal, and earn that crown.
Certainly, a king can inherit the throne, even without learning how to rule, but then ...
Who are we?
That’s right. Just who are the people in the church today? Who are we, the people who walk in the door, raise our hands in supplication to the Father, and greet each other in heavenly ...
Recycling is all the rage in the 21st century.
It’s a way of conserving the world’s resources, of making certain that our children have access to what they need to live a comfortable life.
If ...
We all have things we must do. Work. Pay bills. Cook. Eat. Provide for our loved ones. Put gas in the car.
Then there’s the fun stuff, like taking the boat out, a night on the town, or birthday ...
Sometimes we feel the challenges God presents to us are too big to overcome.
The problems we face seem to form a giant wall we can’t get past. It looms over us, and no matter how we batter at it, ...
New greenhouses are charming. The glass sparkles, the floors are clean, and everything is neat and orderly. There’s only one problem.
Nothing’s growing. There’s no life. It’s sterile.
In a ...
On November 13, 2016, a series of devastating earthquakes rocked New Zealand. The strongest was estimated at 7.8 on the Richter scale. Two deaths were reported on the day of the disaster.
It seemed ...
Our world is an amazing creation.
At any one point on any one day, we can find blinding snow, sweltering heat, grand forests, and beautiful beaches somewhere on our planet. We can choose to be in ...
Kittens, so cute.
Puppies, also. Everyone loves their little yippy barks and their clumsy scramble across the floor.
Why do zoos see huge increases in crowds when a baby giraffe is born? Or an ...
Water hoses. Now, they know how to kink themselves.
Power cords, kink away! Then there’s our shoelaces, kinked into knots no one can untie.
At times it seems easier to pull out the scissors and ...
We can’t live without sunshine.
Really. We’ve heard the fairy tale exclamation, “What big teeth you have!” We need the vitamin D that we get out of sunlight to absorb calcium and promote ...