Many find history boring in a school book. What’s so exciting about people who lived hundreds of years ago? Who wants to hear about all the tragedies and struggles of people who’ve been dead for centuries? But learning the history of your own family is another story. Most of us ...
Read More »Smarter Than The Teacher
Everyone has a favorite teacher, that one who balanced discipline and hard work with fun and understanding of all their students as individuals. My third grade teacher stands out to me. She was an older lady. Her children raised, she was also a widow. She loved to tell us stories ...
Read More »Forgiveness
Forgiving someone, though a hard thing to do, is the right thing to because Christ forgave us by dying for our sins. If Christ died for our sins so we could be with him and have his forgiveness, shouldn’t we forgive others when they have done us wrong and put ...
Read More »“Sweet” Revenge?
“Revenge, at first though sweet, Bitter ere long back on itself recoils.” (John Milton, Paradise Lost) Revenge can be a temptation, a natural desire in the face of a threat or a hurtful act on the part of another. It can certainly seem deserved when an injustice is done. But ...
Read More »Be Careful Little Mouth What You Say…
Dr. Seuss inspired wedding vows with a lighter side to traditional words promised at the altar. In part, they state the following: Will you love through good and bad? Whether you’re happy or sad? Will you love each other if you’re rich? Or if you’re poor, and in a ditch? ...
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