Sitting at my desk some years ago, I was startled by a horrible commotion created as my daughter stumbled while attempting to make a routine trip upstairs to her room. She landed in disarray at the foot of the stairs just outside my office door, her scattered schoolbooks ...
A few weeks ago, I asked a fellow pastor, “How do you learn things the easy way?” He replied, “Just listen.” I thought that was an extremely simple answer. But the more I meditated upon it, the more I realized he was right.
The Bible says, “For if there be first a...
Looking out of my car window in the church parking lot, I almost did not believe what I saw. It looked like a soft, white fog was gently descending through the night sky as the headlights of a truck...
Obedience to God will come with a price tag. It will cost!
While preparing for the life of a missionary, Hudson Taylor purposed to live frugally and in dependence...
Eyes closed, I savored a bite of cinnamon bread topped with margarine. Wow, I thought, the margarine really has a distinct flavor that I had not noticed before. Next I tried a bite with butter. What a difference! The flavor was smooth and mild and enhanced the taste of the bread. I was...
World-renowned pianist Ignace Jan Paderewski was waiting backstage prior to a concert one evening. Out in the audience, an eager crowd was gathering in anticipation of a marvelous night of music. Among those present was a young boy whose mother had hope that the inspiration of a great performance might encourage the lad...
A full moon lingered high above the frosty haze, while the wind whipped with chilling force onto a group assembled in a school parking lot. Most people would probably not want to venture out on a night like this, but those gathered did not seem to...
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,...