When you wear a string of pearls have you ever thought about what it took to create the beautiful round shapes that make up your necklace? A natural pearl begins its life inside an oyster’s shell when an intruder, such as a grain of sand or bit of floating food, slips in between one of…
What has happened to childhood innocence? I did my parent duty for my son’s school. He’s involved in debate and parents are asked to help judge at some of the speech tournaments the school participates in. Judging debate scares me, but having competed in speech tournaments in both high school and college, I thought I…
We don’t yet see things clearly. We’re squinting in a fog, peering through a mist. But it won’t be long before the weather clears and the sun shines bright! We’ll see it all then, see it all as clearly as God sees us, knowing him directly just as he knows us! 1 Corinthians 13:12 (The…
What do Noah, Joseph and Mary, the mother of Jesus, have in common besides the fact they are all in the Bible? Answer: they were given God-sized visions of their future, all extremely far-fetched, and if they shared their news with casual observers. people might think counseling would be in order for the trio. …
In my lifetime God has taught me to never say never. I attended graduate school immediately after I graduated from college. I was a young 21 when I earned my undergraduate degree and wasn’t ready to get out into the real world nor did I have the training needed to land a job in…