Who in your family gets most excited when gifts appear? Isn’t it true that especially for young children, the price of the gift, the complexity of the gift, the resale value of the gift, the size of the gift are all not very important. They love the surprise of the gift! Have you found that […]
You and I live in a world of BLAME, don’t we? I suppose that’s part of the reason our nation is flooded with attorneys seeking to help people who have been injured in auto or work place accidents and other attorneys willing to help find cause for divorce or medical malpractice. No one wants to admit fault, […]
I’m sure we’ve all had the experience that something we hear or see simply stuns us so powerfully we are left speechless! Our brains struggle to comprehend it. Our emotions run wild trying to figure out how to react. Our souls wrestle with trying to understand what it means for us! That is exactly what […]
I’m sure we’ve all had this very special experience: we’ve seen or heard something we don’t understand, and then someone has explained it to us and finally, maybe suddenly, we get it! It’s clear! What made no sense a few moments ago, suddenly makes all the sense in the world, and we believe it to […]
Did you know that you and I are living at THE time in history when MORE information is available to our ears and eyes EVERYDAY, every minute, than any previous time in the past? Did you know ‘available knowledge’ around the world is growing so rapidly even Google can’t keep up with it? That’s […]
Many large cities in our world have 100 or more languages spoken as people from around the world now call those cities home. I believe Toronto, Canada is one of the most diverse of all cities in the world with more than 130 languages spoken in that very multicultural city! With global migration and social media, most children in […]
I wonder what the most exhilarating, life impacting experience is which you have ever had in your lifetime? Probably it was not only very impactful at the time of the event, but the experience lingered in its life changing effect upon you for a very long time, maybe even up to the present. The Bible […]
I wonder if you have anyone in your life who CAUTIONS you? Someone who helps you slow down when you are rushing through life, perhaps stumbling as you go? Or someone who gives you that special look or squeezes your hand when they sense you are about to say something you’ll regret? When I was a young […]
If God had given you the opportunity to script how Jesus would conclude His earthly life, what scene would you have described? Perhaps a large gathering of people, this time giving them a banquet instead of just fish and bread? (Matt.14:13-21) Would you script that Jesus might heal large numbers of sick people as […]
Are ‘good-byes’ hard for you? Sadly, they are a fairly frequent reality in life, but some are more difficult than others, aren’t they? We’ve all walked away from the bedside of a dying friend or family member knowing that was likely the last time we’d see them alive. For the disciples and close friends of […]
