Salvation

Our Infamous Stalker

John Lennon of “Beatles” fame was an open and gregarious man, willing and eager to greet fans and sign autographs. He was killed by Mark David Chapman outside his apartment just hours after he ...

Knitting Our Way Into Heaven

Let’s take sugar and water. When we mix the two, we get sugar water. There’s no mystery there. We tie a string to a pencil, drop it inside, and sugar crystals start to form on the ...

Finding Our Father

Lineage is important. It tells us something about a location, a thing, or a person. When we look at lineage, we take into account history, and often that makes a ...

In March of 2012, a 6-year-old boy in India climbed on a construction site to get a better view of the celebration of Holi, the Festival of Colors. It is a fabulous celebration to watch, as people ...

A Cry in the Darkness

Our lives are mostly spent in the presence of at least some light. Our bodies are adapted to make the best use of what light there is, enabling us to function at the best level possible. Our eyes can ...

Making Up God

Did God create us, or is he a figment of man’s need for a supreme ...

Prison Permanently Postponed

Life is a gauntlet of rules and regulations we run at our peril. Some of the rules we aren’t even aware of, and we break them just living from day to day. It’s lucky for us they aren’t ...

The End Justifies the Means

The American Dream is to own our own home, build our own business, and to stand on our own two ...

He Closed the Book

Children love a bedtime story. The stories are part of the allure, but it’s the time spent with Mom or Dad, those few minutes of extended interaction, as well as the chance to postpone sleep just a ...

The Fifth Layer on the Cake

Everyone loves cake. Whether it is chocolate, cherry, or laced with chestnuts, cook one and listen to the compliments come. Or, pull an ice cream cake from the freezer. Slice it with a warm blade and ...

Canning Jar Theology

There is a method of canning that requires us to heat our food, then turn the jars upside down until they cool. This process provides a seal that protects our food and keeps it safe from mold and ...

Scraping the Paint

Those of us who are homeowners know the chores of taking care of a house. Plunge this, reattach that, replace all of those, and the list goes ...

Leveling the Playing Field

Martin Luther King said it very well, that all men are created equal. Aristotle claimed that equality would best be attained when people shared in government. Albert Einstein remarked that all men ...