Many years ago, when my grandchildren were very young, one of our favorite pastimes when grandma wanted to go shopping at the mall, was to ride the escalators!
It just never got old!
We would hold hands and time that first step onto the moving stairs. Up we would go until a few feet from the top we would plan our exit. One of the ...
You, like me, have probably held a new-born human for the first time and thought, “What will you be? What will you do? For what will you be remembered?”
In that helpless little bundle of humanity a whole lifetime of potential is hidden away, and much like Michelangelo freeing his statue of David from a block of marble by chipping and sculpting, ...
When I first studied English in High School one of my teachers helpfully pointed out that a great number of very common phrases and sayings in everyday language are lifted lock, stock and barrel from the KJV Bible. I am enough of a dinosaur to remember a time when there were only two translations of the Bible generally available for ordinary folks ...
VBS Sunday
I mentioned in a previous column my shock when none of three contestants on a popular quiz show was able to fill in the blank for, “… which art in Heaven, [blank] be thy name…”.
Lots of concepts that I thought were a given in our society, and characterized us as a “christian nation”, can no longer be relied upon. In explaining the good news ...
During our regular Sunday Worship Service, the students of our Vacation Bible School will be participating in the service. They will sing some of their songs and share what they've learned from their music or worship arts elective class. Plus, they will recite scripture and their daily themes.
We had 51 children registered with an average ...
I find that folks are intrigued when they know that when I retired I was able to spend the time to obtain a private pilot’s license (technically not a “license”, but a “certificate”) and the additional qualification (“rating”) of being able to fly with only instruments, basically flying in clouds or on moonless nights with ...