Imagine for a minute there two neighbors who live across the street from one another that do not get along.  They often yell at each othe...

      Awhile back my wife and I visited Glass Beach up in Fort Bragg California for a vacation.   The beach used to be the town dump many ye...

  Ever had a really dry turkey, stuffing , mash potatoes for thanksgiving ? Who hasn’t!     We try so very hard to get the turkey cooked jus...

Recently I led a small group in our church through the book of Nehemiah.  Nehemiah is a fascinating book for study in that it has many facet...

     My grandmother on my Dad's side told of the story about her father, Gottfried Gentsch who owned a bar/restaurant in Illinois in the...

      I will admit that this blog veers from my normal areas of writing as it pertains to a song that I heard on the radio that I feel has v...

 Our modern culture often becomes a barrier to what God is trying to tell us.  We view stories in the Bible through our 20th century eyes an...

     For thousands of years words were thought to have magical powers.  Magicians for example would use the words "Abra-Cadabra!" ...

          One of the great learnings a person can become aware of is the truth that you are no different than the person next to you.     A ...

     Recently I read a news story about a man who went hiking in the mountains and got lost.  People searching for him tried to call him on ...

    Those are the infamous words repeated by Buzz Lightyear in the movie series "Toy Story".   The phrase is a bit of an oxymoron ...

Recently while exercising at the gym I was watching ESPN and their coverage of the Paralympic Games.  I was watching the Track-and-Field por...

 Saint Paul writes in 2 Corinthians 12:7-10 ...because of these surpassingly great revelations. Therefore, in order to keep me from becoming...

     In life there are two kinds of earning.  One where we work a job, save our money and pay for what we want/need.  The other is where we ...

  My advice to anyone looking to get a cat is this: Don’t do it! A cat will take over your house and your life. To start with, your favo...