Some of you will remember the country song by Tom T. Hall that said, “Me and Jesus, got our own thing goin’. Me and Jesus, got it all worked out. Me and Jesus, got our own thing goin’. We don’t… Continue reading

Monuments are everywhere. Names of the great are attached to buildings, bridges, airports, and roadways. Companies bear the name of their founders. Let’s face it. Everybody wants to be somebody. I don’t know that I want anything named for me,… Continue reading

He was dressed in his military uniform, neatly pressed, carefully presented. But, there was a big problem; I was looking at a corpse! Oh, I could see from his features who he was. Yet, there was no sparkle of laughter,… Continue reading

Magicians fascinate me, not because I think they can really make people float on air or cause the Statue of Liberty to disappear with a wave of their hands, but because they convince me to suspend my reasonable mind for… Continue reading

It seemed to me that my motives were in question. Anger welled up in me, surging almost uncontrollably, and as it did, reality receded! What I saw, what I heard, even my thought processes, became skewed by my need to… Continue reading

Values and ideas are ever changing. How humanity understands the world we live in is much different today than it was even 50 years ago, and radically different than it was 500 years ago. New issues arise that challenge us… Continue reading

Ever hear of a guy named Ferdinand Waldo Demara? His life was a fraud. He ‘borrowed’ credentials, stealing many identities. In his life, he pretended to be, among other things, a deputy sheriff, a counselor, an engineer, and a ship’s… Continue reading

At the church’s Bible school last week, one of the regular parts of the general session was a time when we invited kids to share their ‘God-sightings.’ The goal was get them to be more aware of the Lord’s working… Continue reading

Back in February this year, when I was dealing with some major health issues, I looked for people who would be on my side! There were prayer partners who came to stand with me and ask the Lord to heal… Continue reading

On December 17, 1903 in Kitty Hawk, NC, Wilbur and Orville Wright flew a powered aircraft. It went a 120 feet in 12 seconds, But it was a first for flight. Within 2 years of those first short flights, the… Continue reading