When I was a young boy, we vacationed in California. We were in Los Angeles and planned to drive to Sea World in San Diego. My parents decided we were going to leave at 6:30 in the morning. My father put us all to bed by 10:00 p.m....
A few years ago, my wife and I lived in a house that had a 16- by 32-foot swimming pool. Sometimes we would invite friends over for a swim after work. ...
A few years ago a traveler went to Syria. There, he watched three shepherds bring their flocks to the waterfront for a drink. All the sheep intermingled, and the traveler couldn’t tell which sheep belonged to what shepherd. However,...
The joy of the holiday season is one that encompasses all of our senses. We can see it shining through beautiful colored-light displays and in the eyes of children as they view brightly wrapped gifts under...
A paper shredder is a convenient and safe way to dispose of private or sensitive information, such as old payroll stubs, bank statements, credit card bills, and personal correspondence. The first generation of shredders on the market were straight-cut shredders, and they sliced private documents ...
Many years ago when I lived in Yakima, Washington, I worked as a stonemason. I was asked to build a rock wall in a National Forest near there, and was told to use the local rocks and petrified wood to build it.
When the project was nearly completed, I saw a stone which intrigued me. It...
My mother passed away suddenly, and it seemed impossible to grasp that one day she was working at the office with me, and the next day she was gone. It took time to wrap my mind around the realization that I would never hear her laugh...
Many years ago, a faithful old minister encouraged his congregation to pay offerings in addition to their tithes. He suggested that they could give the Lord an extra offering as a way of saying thank you to the Lord. This could not replace thanking the Lord in prayer or having a grateful heart, nor could it...
It is amazing how animals can be faithful when God’s crowning creation is unfaithful.
Recently, my wife and I made a visit to Hawaii. A guide who was taking us around the island told about the whales that come to that area every year. He said...
When I was a small child, an oval plaque hung in my grandparents’ home. On it, wreathed in flowers and leaves, were three simple words: “Prayer changes...