I have always enjoyed the story of the four who brought their friend to Jesus. When they found Him, the way was barred by a non-obliging crowd, so they inventively went up onto the flat roof, dug a hole and lowered their friend to Jesus. ...
We were standing in line at the supermarket behind an old guy about my age. I could not help but notice the food he was putting on the conveyor belt was a hodgepodge of very unhealthy items. There were Oreo cookies and beef jerky and...
Each of us decodes what others say to us using a host of filters which are the products of our culture, our age, our education, our personal biases, and past experiences. I am amazed that we understand anything others say or write. I have students...
Just for a mega second today a gust of wind picked up a cloud of snow crystals and swirled them over my car. Visibility went to zero. Our minds are amazing museums of memories that merely need a key to bring them rushing back. As...
Houses have memories. The sounds of babies crying and children laughing are imprinted in the wallpaper. The kitchen sounds of Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner preparations accompanied by the sounds of football games and commercials in the background permanently give a home the Good Housekeeping Seal...
I used to think Thomas Edison took the honors for being persistent. He worked 18 months until he got a light bulb that would burn for 13.5 hours. However I now think a Korean named Seo Sang-moon might be the most persistent man in history. ...
Our New England world is sated with white. One wonders if it could ever be whiter and still it falls from the sky. The green boughs of our pines are laden. The arms of our maples, oaks and beeches are dressed in bridal splendor. It...
Coming from someone who declared himself to be a Pharisee of Pharisees (See Acts 23) Galatians 5 is a doctrinal 8.9 earthquake. It is an arrow piercing the core of our human nature that wants to do it ourselves. When we are small and watching...
All this week Friendly’s restaurant in our little city is providing huge sundaes free in honor of the Patriots’ Super Bowl win this past Sunday. There is a catch. You have to ask. There are no signs on the door or anywhere. It’s one of...
Being that I live in New England and being that the New England Patriots football team won the Super Bowl on Sunday and being that almost at the end of the third quarter they were down 25 points and being that no one had ever...