How fast can you run? If you are my age, then probably not very fast. Even as a young man, though I was blessed with good health, I never was a fast runner. The expression “slug slow” comes to mind. I...
A few years ago, my husband and I decided to build a new house. We found a building lot in a nice neighborhood, and it did not take long for us to become the new owners of that piece of land. The lot had a great deal of...
Songs that are used in advertising do not have a reputation for being musical masterpieces. These “jingles” have one goal—to get stuck in listeners’ heads! They...
My fifteen-year-old daughter was given her learner’s permit and had been driving around town and on the freeways. She was doing very well, but she needed experience driving on two-lane highways. On a trip to the beach (along a two-lane highway), we decided to let her drive.
I...
Have you witnessed the effects of a timely, well-delivered speech? In the sports arena, we see how a pep talk from Coach can reinvigorate a disheartened team on the verge of defeat. Or consider the energy and enthusiasm speakers generate at a political rally or business ...
Have you ever seen a house that has been allowed to run down? For lack of attention, the yard and the lawn have become overgrown. The paint is blistered and peeling off the house. A...
As a child, Charlotte attended the Apostolic Faith Church with her family but did not become a Christian. Later, as an adult, the Lord began speaking to her heart again, and she found a neighborhood church where she gave her life to the Lord.
When Charlotte was in her early forties, her sister decided to return to the church of their...
When our first daughter, Monica, was a little over a year old, we found out that she had leukemia. The news was devastating to us. We really had to lean hard on the Lord. She was terribly sick for a while, but after a time,...
I watched in amusement as our twenty-year-old grandson crossed the few feet between his home and ours, striving to keep his toes in the tennis shoes that he had not bothered to put on all the way, and had not even taken time to untie from the night before. It ...
On one wall of our home hangs a little plaque bearing an old preacher’s daily prayer. He asks the Lord to help him to remember that nothing will come his way that...