Forgetting
There’s a story about a city dweller who was visiting relatives on a farm and the farmer gave a whistle and his dog herded the cattle into the corral, then the dog latched the gate with her paw. “Wow, that’s […]
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The Things of Heaven
There is an old legend of a swan and a crane. A beautiful swan alighted by the banks of the water in which a crane was wading about seeking snails. For a few moments the crane viewed the swan in […]
The Lamp Has Not Gone Out
I Samuel 3:2-4 One night Eli, whose eyes were becoming so weak that he could barely see, was lying down in his usual place. The lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was lying down in the house of the Lord, where the […]
What’s The “Real Gold”?
Mining companies still work in places where the yield of gold is just one ounce for one ton of worked dirt. It takes a lot of work to find gold on this planet because there isn’t much of it. If […]
You Are Not Alone
While I attended graduate school, I worked the nightshift for a security firm, mostly as the gateman for a yacht club, but frequently the security firm had me fill in at a factory that made die cast metal parts for […]
Through God’s Eyes
On January 15, 1996 astronomers wanted to test the ability of the new Hubble orbiting Deep Space Telescope. So they found a portion of black space. This is a spot in the sky in which no celestial objects had ever […]
100 Points!
I love this silly little story. The beginning of the story sounds a lot like an old, corny joke, but as the story progresses, an important point is made. A man dies and goes to heaven. Of course, St. Peter […]
The Personable God
Do you describe your God as personable? Moses most likely didn’t — until the day a burning bush caught his attention. In a very intimate revealing of Himself, God appears to Moses and reintroduces Himself as “I Am”. It was […]
Man of Sorrows
“Please….Mr. Lion….Aslan, Sir?” said Digory. “Could you….may I….please, will you give me some magic fruit of this country to make my mother well?” Digory, a child character in one of the C.S. Lewis Narnia books, had brought about much disaster […]
Tried and True
I’ve often been asked the question, “Why does God test us?” “Doesn’t God know everything already?” we wonder. “If so, why would He need to test us?” Well, first of all, consider when God tests us, it is not for […]
