In a world of instant communication and worldwide coverage of almost everything, it amazes me to realize there is starvation occurring in Somalia and Northern Kenya while we have an obesity problem. When one sees the pictures of these families coming out of such a...
For over fifteen years now we have lived less than twenty minutes away from Walden Pond. Surely every American high school graduate knows (at least a smidgeon) about Walden Pond, Thoreau and Concord. Thinking that it was time to round out my education a bit...
It's an amazing story with a silver lining. He was so many points ahead. All Matthew Emmons had to do was hit the target to win a gold medal in the 2004 Olympics. He did. Unfortunately to everyone's horror, it was the wrong target. He...
Last night while walking my dog I was serenaded by tree frogs, katydids, crickets, the buzzing of mosquitoes and the barking of a dog far off in our little city. I like night sounds. About two A.M. I awoke for a while and listened to...
Riding on grandpa’s shoulders was just the place to be. Very quickly the wee little one learned how to steer her grandpa just like a horse anywhere she wanted to go. How grand it would be to be so led by the Holy Spirit. In our...
While at the mall today I overheard a conversation that went something like this. “My six and a half foot tall son who goes to Harvard . . .” I didn’t catch the rest of what was said because they moved out of my ear...
Having to vacate one’s office after 18 years of accumulating grade books, old term papers, syllabi from courses long forgotten, old tests, cards filled with signatures of students you don’t remember and out of date textbooks can be a daunting task. Today will be day...
I wish you could be sitting with me at my desk. There is the most alluring, the most intoxicating, the most enthralling, and the most exhilarating fragrance drifting from the kitchen to my nose. I am struggling to stay in my chair. I want so...
A watch battery is such a tiny little thing. Yet it will power a timepiece with precision for two or three years. In a two-year period it will push the second hand around and around 1,051,200 times. If it lasts three years it will push...
After 130 history filled years our little college, Atlantic Union College, will not open this fall. If all goes as planned we will become the north campus of Washington Adventist University and open for classes next summer. We were planning on beginning classes this fall...