Doctors do it.
Nurses, too. They check our vital signs to ensure we’re healthy and strong.
In addition, anyone who takes a first aid course will learn to recognize the signs of life, so that we ...
Sometimes we’re just plain wrong.
Not us! Oh, no! We are the Christians who set the example for the rest of the world. We can’t be wrong.
Or, at least we can’t admit it. If we do, then ...
Fashion designers love to update old styles to new and improved versions. Today’s thin-rimmed spectacles become tomorrow’s horn-rimmed peepers. Epaulets today are the shoulder pads of the future. ...
Apply for a job, any job, and one of our first questions will be, “Have you ever committed a crime?”
Ouch, we think. Is that all it takes to defeat our attempts to improve ourselves? We’ve ...
If intent counted, every Christian would be walking in the perfection of the Lord. The more difficult path is standing in truth when reality gets in the way of our promises to God.
We kneel, feel ...
Why a burnt offering? Why take a perfectly good sheep and roast it until it’s no longer good for anything except tossing to the side?
Exodus 29:15-18 talks of the burnt offering (different from ...
Dirt is a part of life. No matter how much of a clean nut we are, there will be dirt. There will always be dirt. The best we can do is clean it away on a regular basis.
Several years ago, a ...
Showcasing a new home helps it sell faster and for more money. Professionals set out beautiful things in the most attractive ways possible. Furniture is arranged in the most appealing configuration, ...
Some cooking pans can’t be soaked in water. Cast iron will rust, and stoneware has to be seasoned to keep food from sticking. Others we don’t have time to let soak, and we can’t afford to ...
London is an age-old city. Above ground it’s a glittering metropolis, a fascinating mix of the old and new, ranging from ancient Roman ruins to the latest in high-tech buildings constructed to the ...
Read more: Inside Our Case of Exquisite Dreams
Isaac Newton proved once and for all that what goes up must come down. It has to do with gravity, one of the fundamental forces of nature. It’s natural, automatic, and affects every part of our ...
The first frost. It’s come and gone. We’ve mown the grass for the very last time.
Whew, we exclaim. We can put the yard tools away, either that or quit paying the yardman for the next six ...
Read more: November’s Weeds
What do we want to make sure we do before we die? That’s our bucket list: those things we’ve always dreamed of but continually put aside because other things get in the way.
Our bucket list. Our ...
Read more: God’s Bucket List
Doctors do it.
Nurses, too. They check our vital signs to ensure we’re healthy and strong.
In addition, anyone who takes a first aid course will learn to recognize the signs of life, so that we ...
Sometimes we’re just plain wrong.
Not us! Oh, no! We are the Christians who set the example for the rest of the world. We can’t be wrong.
Or, at least we can’t admit it. If we do, then ...
Fashion designers love to update old styles to new and improved versions. Today’s thin-rimmed spectacles become tomorrow’s horn-rimmed peepers. Epaulets today are the shoulder pads of the future. ...
Apply for a job, any job, and one of our first questions will be, “Have you ever committed a crime?”
Ouch, we think. Is that all it takes to defeat our attempts to improve ourselves? We’ve ...
If intent counted, every Christian would be walking in the perfection of the Lord. The more difficult path is standing in truth when reality gets in the way of our promises to God.
We kneel, feel ...
Why a burnt offering? Why take a perfectly good sheep and roast it until it’s no longer good for anything except tossing to the side?
Exodus 29:15-18 talks of the burnt offering (different from ...
Dirt is a part of life. No matter how much of a clean nut we are, there will be dirt. There will always be dirt. The best we can do is clean it away on a regular basis.
Several years ago, a ...
