Ever so gently and as kindly as possible I whispered to the elderly lady cashier, who had given me five dollars too much in change, and I returned the five to her. I knew it would have come out of her pay if her cash...
This afternoon the checkout lady at the Dollar Store, who appeared to be very close to seventy, was being rudely ordered around by another employee who was all of seventeen. With tears welling up in her eyes the elderly lady attempted to help me. The...
I remember it as if it were yesterday. My father, a school teacher, who always went to school in suit, white shirt, tie, and a white handkerchief in the left top pocket of his suit coat, came home and announced it was time for me...
I sat down this afternoon to watch a program on Netflix. It was a British production and I was having such a difficult time understanding what they were saying I finally turned on the subtitles. That helped a lot. I felt kind of stupid needing...
It has been 37 years since a horse has won the Triple Crown of racing. This weekend American Pharoah’s name will be added to the list of the all time great horses. He did it and it is indeed a rare and noteworthy event. However,...
I had a student who professed he had little faith in anything. According to him he was a practical man who had to personally experience things. He seemed puzzled when I asked him to explain the difference between a one dollar bill and a twenty...
A dream of some scientists is to bring back (de-extinct) the passenger pigeon by injecting band-tailed pigeon embryos with primordially edited germ cells. De-extinction is a fascinating idea with overt shades of Jurassic Park. In regards to man God has long held a de-extinction program....
As the recycle truck rolled down the hill the thought hit my friend. Her fanny pack was in that truck. That wouldn’t be so bad except for what was in the fanny pack. Her passport, her wallet, her credit cards, her driver’s license were on...
One evening, many years ago on a Wednesday night after prayer meeting, I was leaving to drive all night from Des Moines to central Wisconsin. As I was locking up the church one of my friends said, “Let’s pray for your safety.” And so he...
If your church has a school or is affiliated with another church that has a school please do not weary hearing offering appeals for Christian Education. Over and over we hear calls for funds for evangelism and never bat an eye. After all isn’t that...