One of my students told me he didn’t believe in anything that wasn’t tangible. I took a twenty dollar bill and a one dollar bill out of my wallet and asked, “If I gave you the opportunity to have one of these, which would you...
If we were playing Jeopardy the answer would be “a blend of tomatoes, carrots, celery, beets, parsley, lettuce, watercress and spinach.” And the question would be “What is V8 juice?” I have always loved V8 juice. I think it’s good for us. At least it...
I have a couple of undergrads in one of my classes who can dunk a basketball. Upon learning of their athletic skills I assured them that I too can dunk, no, not a doughnut, a real basketball. They immediately acclaimed that I could indeed as...
The acorns being crushed as one drives in and out of our driveway sound like we are making popcorn. The oaks must have enjoyed the dry summer because we have an abundance of acorns. The squirrels are going crazy trying to cache them away for...
There are 695 songs in the hymnal at my church. I think there are approximately 230 of them that I have never sung or heard. So it was no surprise last week when we started singing Wonderful Peace and my eyes drifted to a strange...
There was a little guy in the grocery cart ahead of me. He looked to be about twelve months old and I have to say this was not a good looking baby. As I was trying to ascertain just what it was that was so...
When I think of Wells Fargo, I think of stage coaches rocking and bouncing their way over dusty roads only to arrive in town with pretty ladies getting out without a hair out of place nor having a speck of dust on their flowing dresses. ...
Long yellowish pine needles have softened the forest floor. As the afternoon sun splayed its angled rays through the deciduous trees that are still holding onto their precious leaves, the path glows yellow adding a golden tint to the air itself. My prized lab and...
Researchers have shown time and again when people understand the significance of their work they are way more productive than workers given a task with little or no sense of the value of their task. When asked what they are doing one person will say,...
Sometimes after we have discovered the sheer joy of salvation by grace we have a tendency to think the law, since it is not good for salvation, has become an unnecessary artifact of our past life. But, not so fast. The law is a glorious...