Prilosec advertises that you can’t beat zero heartburn. Well, maybe they are wrong. There is heartburn and then there is heartburn. It’s true you don’t want the heartburn they are talking about but don’t forget Luke 24:32. “They asked each other, ‘Were not our hearts...
In Luke 7 Jesus said, “Truly I tell you, among those born of women there has not risen anyone greater than John the Baptist; yet whoever is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.” At Jesus’ baptism recorded in Luke 3 John saw...
The word is “cavil.” According to the dictionary it means to oppose with inconsequential, frivolous issues and to raise sham irritating and trivial objections; to find fault unnecessarily. Cavil especially comes to mind during political seasons. Instead of listening to serious adult issues discussed in...
They stabbed Him in the heart just to make sure. Blood and water came out indicating the pericardium had been pierced. There was no question. He was dead. Sunday He was alive. It was Him. “Thomas put your finger here.” This was no hoax, no...
J. C. Penny’s has been struggling for the past several years. Executive leadership has addressed several issues, one of which caught my eye. The CEO noticed the executives, who visited the stores, were disconnected from mainstream employees. A new directive went out that all executives,...
There are lots of antique stores in New England. What I love about them is so many of the items that are for sale were everyday items when I was a child. Some of them like dishes that used to come in laundry detergent boxes...
Ornithologists are suspicious that birds can count. Cowbirds create a scenario that gives credence to this unusual ability. Cowbirds are really lousy parents. They are the worst. They have no idea how to change diapers or do any of those essential parental things so they...
We awoke this morning to yet more senseless acts of violence instigated by ignorance and hate. As we listened to news reporters describing the scenes of destruction we heard words and phrases like “sophisticated,” “masterminded by,” “highly trained,” “well coordinated.” I would like to register...
Have you ever been a dangling participle? A participle is a modifier much like an adjective. Often it denotes some form of action that describes the subject of a sentence. An example is “The flying hawk never flapped its wings.” Flying is the participle. If...
“No” is a favorite word of two-year-olds. Sometimes parents are alarmed at what appears to be rebellion and the beginning of the road to perdition. However, child developmentalists assure us it is a healthy sign of the emergence and growth of individuality. The child is...