Our local public library is presently featuring To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. This Sunday afternoon the National Endowment for the Arts sponsored an actor to portray Atticus Finch. It was splendid and much to my pleasure during the hour he morphed into Scout,...
It is obvious that God loves diversity. There is no end of the differences in people. We are made in His image but there are an infinite number of combinations of DNA producing an infinite number of unique beings. Our modern world enables us to...
While in college I participated in a few oratorical contests and thus have an appreciation for the anxiety of standing on stage, knowing that you did your best, and fearing you will hear your name as the person who didn’t make it. Through the years I...
Because I was not at the top of my game I stayed in the car while my wife got groceries. My eye caught a couple very engaged in conversation; so much so they pushed their cart of groceries into the parking lot shopping cart bin...
On our way into a Friendly’s I held the door for a family on their way out. As a little guy passed me I heard him say to his dad, “I want to come back here again.” Too bad Friendly’s didn’t have that on camera. ...
While waiting for my wife to come and get me I sat on a rock at the side of a parking area watching the world go by. It was warm and breezy – perfect. Just then a woman came across the parking area toward her...
I spent a lion’s share of the day connected to bottles and needles being filled with lots of interestingly expensive stuff. Because it was 72 degrees when I came home I sat outside enjoying the warmth. A mosquito landed on my arm and I watched...
Elementary school teachers tell me they know when the weather is about to change. They don’t need a barometer because the children get fidgety. I wonder if that is also true with dogs. Our weatherman is telling us a large storm is heading our way...
Daniel is the only significant Bible character for whom we have no mention of his personal failures. Then I remember that it was Daniel who wrote the book of Daniel. Perhaps his failure to mention any personal fault was his personal fault. However, I should...
My wife came home with the words that every man wants to hear. “The car is making a strange noise when I turn.” Now being male, (just by genetic endowments all men immediately know what is wrong with a car) I headed for the garage...