Some people can talk all day and not say much, can’t they? A verbose speaker employing overblown rhetoric reportedly once inspired a humorous observation from President Abraham Lincoln. Henry Clay Whitney was a close friend of Lincoln’s. In 1892 Whitney published “Life On the Circuit With Lincoln.” In that book Whitney related the following. “There […]
Robert Epstein is editor in chief of Psychology Today. In the June issue, he wrote an editorial that was essentially an ad for a woman who would agree to date him exclusively, go to couples’ counseling to get to know each other, and then “fall deeply in love” by the end of an agreed-upon time-perhaps […]
A prayer by a Scottish preacher applies to Americans, too – “O Lord, may we always be right, for Thou knowest we will never change our minds.” That prayer reminds us there can be a Grand- Canyon-sized difference between what people believe is right and what really is right. As late U. S. Senator Daniel […]
Are you struggling with fear today? Is it the pandemic, a job, food, something else? Are you seeing the size of your worries and not the size of your Savior? I think I can point you in a direction that might help you right-size your fear. I’d like to start with a long look at […]
It was suppertime. The evening meal was served. Assuming that in the spring it got dark by seven PM then in fourteen hours he’d find himself betrayed by an inner circle friend, denied by another, forsaken by ten more, accused of heresy, transferred to a pagan court, lied about, beaten, spit on and mocked….and ultimately […]
I’m not really sure where it came from. Looking back, I think that it probably snuck into the car while the door was open. Maybe it was in my coat and I stalked out that Sunday morning that the preacher made me so mad. Actually, it could have been in the baby’s bag. Yeah, it […]
A little boy’s legs were not developing as they should have been. The pediatrician told his parents that their son needed to wear a leg brace, which would help to position the legs and feet to grow properly. The parents wanted to do the right thing for their son but were miserable following the doctor’s […]
Cecil Beaton was an English costume designer for films and the theater. He said this about the “miniskirt” – “Never in the history of fashion has so little material been raised so high to reveal so much that needs to be covered so badly.” Beaton’s comment reminds us that the Bible has some things to […]
Humphrey Bogart was an American film and stage actor. His performances in American films made him a cultural icon during his career. The story is that he was once taken to watch a young comedian who had a reputation for doing a very good Bogart imitation. Bogart sat in the audience and was asked afterwards […]
A concerned woman went to her preacher one day and said, “Preacher, I am terribly in need of counseling. You see, I’m struggling with this sin and I can’t seem to shake it. This sin is messing with me, but no matter how hard I try I can’t seem to get rid of it.” The […]