EARNESTLY CONTEND FOR THE FAITH WHICH WAS ONCE DELIVERED UNTO THE SAINTS
Recently, I needed to make a left turn onto the street that takes me to my home. Sometimes that street is very busy, so I have to drive halfway across it, wait until traffic is clear, and then safely finish my left turn. This particular trip home from the grocery store was one of those times when ...
When I was in the military, I was issued weapons during basic training. One of the training exercises was to take my gun apart and...
Recently my brother and his wife visited their son, who is working temporarily on a construction project in Kauai, Hawaii. It was their first visit to this island and they were...
After my brother moved out of our home, he relocated to another town. From then on, when he came back to visit, it was a special event. On one of these occasions, he took my mom, my younger sister, and...
Growing up in the Midwest, I had never seen a live coyote, but that changed when we moved near the foothills in southern California. The first time I looked at one, I thought I was looking at a thin, scraggly, long-legged dog. They could frequently be...
Recently when I was visiting my elderly father, I mentioned that our upcoming Sunday school lesson was on wisdom and asked if he had any “words of wisdom” for me. I have come to really value my father’s wisdom and reasoning, but naturally did not expect a deep philosophical ...
Back in the mid-1950s, Harry Holt was a retired farmer and father of a large family in Creswell, Oregon. As a Christian, Harry was deeply interested in evangelism, and one night he and his wife, Bertha, went to hear a speaker from...
The expression “lose your shirt” often refers to a number of different types of losses, whether it be monetary, personal possessions, a business endeavor, or something else entirely. Generally speaking, you do not want to “lose your shirt.”
Several years ago, my son...
At eighteen years old, I went to work for a clothing manufacturer in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Unsaved at that time, I worked under a supervisor who treated me very unkindly, and as a result I developed a terrible hatred toward her. Going to work each day was difficult ...
My early attempts at making bread were not too successful. In part, that was because I did not allow enough time for the dough to rise properly. When working with yeast, you have to plan ahead. You cannot just mix the dough and then bake it unless you...