Solomon’s book about love in Song of Solomon 2:15 has this strange warning. “Take us the foxes, the little foxes that spoil the vines.”  Little foxes in the mid-east weigh only about eight or nine pounds and measure about 20 inches long. They are quick and skillful but not strong ...

“I hate organized religion.” “I dislike churches and denominations.” “I despise all the hypocrites in the churches.” Have you heard those statements from people you knew or talked with? Have you made those statements yourself? You may have something in common with Jesus Christ. Jesus’ greatest enemies were the religious ...

Have you ever visited a botanical garden? Have you viewed the manicured lawns, the trimmed bushes, the carefully tended flowers, and the pools with vegetation in them? One such garden included these beauties in their long list of flowers for July and August: Blackeyed Susan ‘Goldsturm”,  Crapemyrtle, Evergreen wisteria, Flame ...

That stubborn cow! I was driving it to the barn for milking, but it didn’t want to move. I waved and hollered at it, but it didn’t move. Finally, I became angry and kicked it in the leg, and I then had many reasons to repent. The cow did move, ...

Was this a nightmare? Or was this really happening to him? He had grown up around royalty and was one of several young men growing up in and around the palace in Jerusalem. He had been very well educated and had excelled among his peers. He was a devout Jewish ...