You heard about two friends were walking together when they came to a high wall? It stretched into the hills on both horizons. “So, Freddy,” Pete said, “I think we’ll have to turn around. We have reached the end of… Continue reading

In a deep bass voice, the TV preacher speaks in certain terms about the future. He ‘advises’ the President, holds forth on the economy of these United States, all with an attitude of complete certainty. I wonder if that same… Continue reading

The same incident takes on very different meanings depending on where you are sitting!  Americans celebrate the Revolution that brought the birth of our nation. The crown of England sees a defeat and the loss of her colonies!  Washington is… Continue reading

A few years ago I started exploring my heritage.  Ancestry.com™ makes it simple.  Taking an evening, now and then for the past 3 years, I was able to build my family tree, discovering names and little bits of information. On… Continue reading

Years ago, I visited a Latin American nation where every town had a church, almost always the nicest building in the town. I saw people crawling across rough stone pavements, up stone steps, and across splintery wooden floors to kneel… Continue reading

Little Jason, a grand-nephew, came to visit yesterday. As the little guy, he’s 3, talked it was apparent that he is watching those around him, taking it all in. I took a picture of him and, using an app on… Continue reading

That Book – does it own your mind and heart? Just about the first thing I do each morning is to open my Bible.  From the inspired Text, I am instructed about life, see God reveal Who He is, and… Continue reading

Do you know the best gift you can give, especially in times of sorrow?  Yourself!  Yesterday, after our son, Jay, and his boys left for Florida; after an alarming phone call that stirred up old and unpleasant memories; after Bev… Continue reading

Easy answers and simple solutions seem to the order of the day in an age of sound bites and slogans.  One politician implies that the complex issue of illegal immigration can be met by just ‘building a big wall’ and… Continue reading

Everybody loves the story that ends with a triumph.  Remember the 2006 film, The Pursuit of Happyness (sic)? It is based around the story of Chris Gardner,(played by Will Smith) who was a struggling single father trying hard to make… Continue reading