I’m finishing up a most interesting biography of the Wright brothers and I am very impressed with the extraordinary amount of work and risk of life itself that went into their amazing feat, which had defied so many others who had tried. Many biographies are...
Something caught my eye today while reading I Kings. In chapter 7 we find the specs for the construction of Solomon’s magnificent temple. When we get to verses 23 ff. we find the details for the giant laver in the courtyard. Verse 23 reads as...
Oh, she was an ugly little girl. She was probably six-years-old and very ugly. There was nothing wrong with her hair and nothing wrong with her eyes and cheeks. Her nose was a nice normal nose. But she was an ugly little girl because of...
In the beginning of the twentieth century one in every four trees on the Appalachian Mountains was an American Chestnut tree. Historical records here in Leominster, Massachusetts record seeing the mountain range here in Leominster being white in the springtime when the chestnut trees were...
According to today’s Associated Press report, “Dozens of bills opposed by Gov. Paul LePage have become law because he misinterpreted the Maine Constitution and didn't veto the measures in time, the state's highest court said Thursday.” And so we add another chapter to human history...
I have a set of books called “Harvard Classics – The Five Foot Shelf of Books.” It is a collection of the greatest literature of the world. It comes with a daily reading guide that suggests reading selections for the day. I have all 51...
I am a believer in secondhand cars and houses. Let someone else take the depreciation on the car and let someone else plant the grass and the shrubbery. I am even wearing a secondhand shirt. I have even performed marriages for couples who are getting...
After going the same direction on our evening walk for about a hundred times, this evening I decided to go the opposite way. My dog was very confused. The resistance began at the end of the driveway and continued for almost the entire mile. Every...
According to Leviticus 16 before the high priest could officiate on the Day of Atonement he had to change into the simple white linen garment of a common priest. The symbolism was prophetic regarding the nature of Jesus’ coming to earth. Jesus came, not as...
There was a time before our time before the time of earth itself when all was well in God’s universe. Yet He knew it would not always be so. He knew how it would be spoiled and who would spoil it. God could have used...