The antidote for pride: be humble.
Early in World War II a pastor in an English church made a discovery. He noticed that the young people in his congregation were not reading the Bible. Today there are dozens of translations of the Bible that make it much easier to read, for both young and old. In the 1940’s there were no […]
A word I try to never use
When I was around 14, the leader/teacher of our church youth group was the preacher’s wife. I didn’t think of her as the wife of anyone, though I did call her Mrs. Martin. All of us did. Although I didn’t have the comparison back then, she was the Margaret Thatcher of our group. She ruled […]
Thoughts and Prayers
One of the all time classics goes like this. A fellow was out hiking some Arizona mountain trails all by himself. He reached the top of a mesa, walked over to the other side, then slipped and fell over the edge. Fortunately for him there was a scrub ironwood tree growing out of the otherwise […]
