The sun came up this morning…the very morning of the day that you are reading this. Big deal. Wait! How did I know that the sun would come up this morning? Because it comes up every [...]
Drop a frog into a pot of boiling water and it will leap out to safety. Put that same frog in that same pot. Start with the water at a comfortable temperature and very gradually heat it to [...]
Were someone to give you a gift of great worth, wouldn’t you immediately show your gratitude? What if every moment of every day, you were provided a gift of great worth? How would you [...]
It is all about thanks-giving Thursday is Thanksgiving Day. The celebration originated with the Pilgrims celebrating how abundantly God had blessed them; certainly something worthy of [...]
At least when I was growing up, if another child would say something hurtful we would exclaim heatedly, “Sticks and stones may break by bones, but names will never hurt me.” The words [...]
A Statement of Faith.. and Gratitude We are at war. The economy is in turmoil. We still mourn the loss of lives and the loss of our sense of security on September 11. Bleak news pummels us from [...]
“Man’s chief work is the praise of God.”– Augustine of Hippo Augustine’s quote brings to mind the verses of Psalm 137 (1-4) that provided the basis for one of my favorite songs from [...]
Foreign does not have to pertain to another country. It can just be something unfamiliar. Since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, it has often felt as though we are living in a foreign land. Things [...]
An important philosophical question struck me as I maneuvered the string for Mr. Fuzzy (a.k.a. Fuzzy) to attack as though it were something more than a plain length of string. Should cats be [...]