Most of the backyards in our neighborhood had clotheslines. Some were made of rope, suspended by “T” shaped pieces of wood on either side, while others were sturdy wire lines with steel posts at either end, held in the earth by cement. There was also the occasional umbrella-shaped line where ...
Read More »Our Ever-Changing, Never-Changing World
In its simplest form, change is one of two things: beneficial or harmful. One need only turn the pages of a history book to see the benefits of change over time. Consider the following three areas where great change has occurred … Travel from Boston to New York City took ...
Read More »Luke Warm or Rearing To Go?
So, because you are lukewarm and neither cold nor hot, I will spew you out of My mouth! Revelation 3:16 Jesus has good reason when informing the people to avoid being lukewarm when relating to Him. Some synonyms of lukewarm are: tepid, blase’, bored, indifferent, mundane, sick of and uninterested. Would ...
Read More »Checkup Time For Your Heart, Emotions and Thinking Powers!
Have you considered your heart lately? How about your emotions and your thinking powers? Like a physical checkup with your doctor, it can be tempting to put off a spiritual checkup to see what is going on inside. But just as it can be dangerous to put off a physical ...
Read More »Can You Spot A Counterfeit?
The word counterfeit invokes images of phony money; money manufactured by criminals in dark basement rooms. And there is good reason to think of currency when thinking of counterfeiting. Since the days of the Civil War, U.S. currency has been imitated by many a counterfeiter. Counterfeiting in the 1860’s was ...
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