We are having a wonderful winter storm. The wind is blowing the snow against the windows and making groaning sounds in the trees. We knew it was coming. For days the weather people were telling us almost to the minute when it would arrive. So...
When my older son was three we parked by a meter. I reached into my pocket for a dime but inadvertently dropped it and watched it fall into a storm drain. It wasn’t very deep and I could see the dime. I thought I could...
The current world record for the fastest time running and winning a marathon is 2 hours and 2 minutes and 57 seconds. The four men who last broke the marathon record were wearing Adidas shoes. However, Nike has just unveiled a new shoe designed to...
When my older son was very small he loved collecting stamps. He, literally, spent hours sorting and resorting by changing categories. My wife’s father also had a significant collection, especially concentrating on the stamps of the Caribbean and Central America. One year for Christmas he...
Robert Frost’s famous poem The Road Not Taken ends with the classic lines, “Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the one less traveled by and that has made all the difference.” I cannot tell how many times through the years I have...
It’s 7:00 PM and I haven’t eaten for several hours. I’m working on getting my best suit to fit again. The network evening news is finished and before I can find the remote I am under attack by Friendly’s restaurant. Right there in front of...
Five hundred and one years ago Martin Luther, then a professor at Wittenberg, began to explain to his students Paul’s letter to the Romans. It was Romans 1:17 that ignited Luther’s quest to reform Christianity, “For in the gospel the righteousness of God is revealed--a...
I have to confess that sometimes David fills me with frustration. I read Psalm 17 and wonder if this man lived in denial. Please note. “Hear me, LORD, my plea is just; listen to my cry. Hear my prayer— it does not rise from deceitful...
It is fascinating that we consider the Psalms to be Scripture. The Psalms were authored by quite an assembly of people. Normally we think of David, but there was a nameless afflicted man (102), Moses (90), Ethan (89), the Sons of Korah (several), someone named...
For Christmas my son gave us an Amazon Echo with light bulbs for the kitchen. We have been able to turn on the kitchen lights with a voice command. It has been very cool. But tonight it stopped working. The Echo tells me there is...