I once met a woman who worked as a social worker. She was also a strong believer in Jesus. She told me something she learned while in seminary. She said that Satan tries to break up families because family is the place where we get so much of what we need as human beings. Over the years I have ... View Post
Charles Lindbergh, A Mama’s Son
One of the most famous feats in an airplane took place on May 20-21, 1927. Just 23 1/2 years after the Wright brothers made the world's first successful airplane flight on a beach near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Charles Lindbergh became the first person to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. At ... View Post
Psalm 100 for This Thanksgiving
Psalm 100 is the traditional psalm that people associate with Thanksgiving. A longtime blog reader and good friend emailed me yesterday, telling that their grown daughter who lives away from home is to spend Thanksgiving Day in quarantine because of recent exposure to COVID. I am sad for my friend, ... View Post
Holding On with Both Hands
"Hang in there! Hold on!" That's what we tell our friends—and ourselves—when things are tough. Wow, that is hard to do sometimes. Several years ago, Ray and I pulled into a hotel late at night. I noticed this fancy motorcycle parked outside. I don't usually pay much attention to ... View Post
November Saturday
In Shirley Temple's 1935 movie Our Little Girl, she and her parents celebrate two special days each year--a "May Saturday" and a "September Saturday." The threesome packs a picnic lunch and goes to the bank of a pretty creek in the woods, a spot they call Heaven's Gate. Shirley's father is a ... View Post
A Monumental Task
I don't know why the words Teapot Dome always stuck in my head from American history. Teapot Dome is a geographical feature in Wyoming. It was the scene of shady activity during the presidency of Warren G. Harding. Harding wasn't personally involved in that scandal or the others that tainted his ... View Post
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