A few years ago I preached a series of messages entitled, “The Greatest Sermon Ever Preached.” Now before you think that I have too high an estimation of my preaching abilities, I did not choose the title based on any feelings about my oratorical skills but because of the passage […]
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You won’t be reading this until after Mother’s Day, but I’m beginning the writing of this article a little over a week before May’s Matriarchal Event. I tell you that because I’m getting ready to be prophetic, in the foretelling the future kind of sense. Now I don’t mean to […]
The 30th of this month will commemorate the anniversary of the ending of the Vietnam War. Of all the conflicts our country has been involved in, perhaps none has stirred so much controversy. Not only were there battles fought overseas but protests, sometimes violent in nature, broke out on the […]
We recently took Benji to a meeting of the Ft. Myers Coin Club. It convenes once a month at a community center about two miles from our home. We’ve been wondering about maybe starting him into coin collecting and my wonderful wife discovered that this local club met close to […]
If you’ve walked through the door of any store (and I do mean any store—from the department store to the drug store to the grocery store, etc.) you’ve been inundated by red things, heart shaped things, flowery things, and lots of chocolate things. February is the month when the country […]
On a cold winter night (freezing by Florida standards) nine years ago one of the most significant events in my life occurred. My wonderful wife and I witnessed the birth of our baby boy! At 5:50 pm on a Wednesday evening (yes, we missed church that night) the sweetest 8 […]
Even those not in church have likely heard these famous words during the Christmas Season, “Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people; for unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ […]
You may not be able to tell by looking at my physique, but I used to be an avid sportsman. Okay, actually I was only good at one sport, that of bowling. I loved to play the game and to watch the professionals on TV. I haven’t laced up a […]
I have taught Math in some form or other for over 20 years (must have started when I was 9!). When instructing students I give them plenty of facts and lists of steps to solve certain types of problems and to perform specific kinds of calculations. Still, facts and formulas […]
A high school senior, lettering in two sports, sits in a car with a friend. Before either knows what hit them, the athlete’s life is snuffed out and the other is wounded by gunshots. Two young men attend a party at a club. They and their families assumed they would […]