I had lunch today with a friend who was enjoying a bottle of Nestles chocolate milk. I was drinking vitamin water with zero calories. When I mentioned his calorie intake he happily announced to me that he was following doctor’s orders. As a matter of...
Someone keeps knocking on my door but when I answer there is no one there. I’m sure it isn’t a neighborhood prankster. My dog, who thinks it is her god-given task to protect the house, goes crazy rushing to the door to fend off an...
His birth caused mankind to change the calendar. His touch changed a leper into a whole, healthy man. His gentleness changed a woman’s life after He told her to go and sin no more. His command changed a grieving father’s sorrow into tears of joy...
I just came from Penney’s. If I owned stock I would sell it just as soon as the markets opened in the morning. If they wondered why I was the only customer there, they should note they are selling t-shirts for $90 marked down 40%. ...
Ah the sweetness of a summer evening. It’s been over 90 degrees today and the soft gentle breeze lilting its way across the oak and maple covered mountains brings refreshment akin to an icy drink. The sound is a symphony of almost silence. I heard...
House sparrows count. They know the difference between two and three. Our squirrel-proof birdfeeder (it isn’t) closes when three sparrows sit on the perch. Two sparrows can feed as much as they want, but when a third sparrow tries to land, resulting in closure for...
I’m trying to decide which season I enjoy the most. While I enjoy the warm days of summer when I go to the grocery store in the summer, people appear in all manner of undress. Maybe one in fifty is attractive. The rest should be...
It’s summer time and New England’s lily-laden roadsides are decorated with farm stands overflowing with sweet corn, tomatoes, squash and a wonderful assortment of God’s bounty. Yesterday I stopped and bought tomatoes. They are so much better than the hothouse tomatoes at the supermarket. I...
I just finished writing a letter of recommendation for a former student. Mark Twain once said recommendations should be filled out by our enemies because they will tell the truth about us. When reading letters of recommendations one must pretty much ignore what is written...
In Galatians 5 Paul is very emphatic regarding our adding anything of value toward the payment for eternal life. He wants to make sure we understand that salvation is not a 50% payment of effort on our part with Christ making up the other half. ...