Flashback Friday

Promises Broken, Promises Kept

At the 1988 Republican National Convention, George H. W. Bush spoke the now-famous phrase, “Read my lips: no new taxes.” Yet, by 1990, taxes were on the rise once again. What happened to keeping ...

What to Do With Garfield?

When we have children, they come as different as the wildflowers in the field. Some grow tall and strong. Others hug the ground. And a few have beauty so profound that we are awed by what we have ...

Above the Law

When someone is “above the law,” the rules and regulations no longer apply to him. If he breaks a law, he can’t be prosecuted for ...

Shrink Wrapped for Jesus

A single thread is easy to snap. Take a toothpick, and it breaks with barely a twist. Paper? Who could not tear a sheet of ...

Kindergarten’s Life Lesson

We all know the phrase that turnabout is fair play. The Word tells us to do unto others as we would have them do unto us. An inspirational book suggests that all the important lessons in life are ...

Identity theft has become the bane of the digital world. We are forced to shred documents, encrypt files, and put layers of passwords on our financial accounts. We must verify our identity wherever ...

Where We Lead, They Shall Follow

Young children mimic everything. If we, as parents, occasionally let an inappropriate comment slip, how can we be surprised to hear those same words from our children’s mouths? If we kick our dog ...

Hidden Fees

When we sign on the dotted line for a new car, the finance company has to disclose all the fees it intends to charge us. Credit card companies fall into the same category, as do realtors, phone ...

The Person with Two Faces

What does it mean to be two-faced? The term is not a literal one, for no one has two faces. Or do ...

A Covenant Broken

We have all heard the phrase “blood is thicker than water.” It means that family ties are stronger than those of friendship, nationality, or religion. However, what about when sibling rivalry ...

Portrait of God

We’ve all heard the saying that absence makes the heart grow ...

Blood and Water

A volcano contains a furnace that can melt even the hardest of rock. In the heat of that volcanic furnace, layers of vastly different materials can become twisted together in such a way that two ...

All That You Touch

Several years ago, Bonnie Kahn, a mighty woman of God who had traveled the world doing the Lord’s work, met with a young couple in her home. At one point she led them into her upper room, a second ...