I love watching the old Turner Classic movies. They appeal to me for the mostly wholesome content that used to be. A couple of nights ago, I was scrolling through the channels and landed on the movie “Chariots of Fire”, the true story of the Scottish Olympic gold medal runner, …
There is a funny video of an adorable 2 or 3 year old toddler arguing with his mother, shaking his hands and saying, “Karen, Karen – listen to me!” Honestly, we are all guilty of not listening on occasion. It is so easy to be thinking of something else while, …
DNA testing, or deoxyribonucleic acid, has become quite popular in our modern society. Ancestry.com encourages people to submit a saliva swab in order to discover their familial heritage and/or background. If you watch the TV show Forensic Files, you quickly learn that current crimes and even “cold-cases” or unsolved crimes …
Memorial Day, originally known as Decoration Day, is an official American holiday held on the last Monday of May each year, in remembrance of US military personnel who have lost their lives in battles of war on home soil or abroad. It is appropriate that we have a day …
Are you a collector? By that I mean do you collect specific objects as you see and like them? For example, I have a friend that looks for unique teaspoons that she displays in a wooden rack. Another friend collects teapots of all sizes and shapes. Frank loved lighthouses and …
This is the day that we celebrate motherhood and certainly, it is appropriate to take time to acknowledge the gift of a good mother in our lives. I am especially grateful for a godly mother, although I grieve that she died at the young age of 43 in 1965, …
Do you have a life verse from the Word of God? Take your birth month, as the chapter, and your birthday, as the verse, and see if you can find one that fits. Mine is Acts 2:25 since I was born on February 25th: “I saw the Lord always …
“Teach us to number our days, so that we may have a heart of wisdom.” (Psalm 90:12) Another translation reads “Teach us how short our lives really are so that we may be wise.” I have reached the age where this verse clearly resonates with me. The Bible tells …
Do you know the date of your spiritual birthday? Mine is January 22, in 1953. On that date, I was baptized in the then Northeast Church of Christ in Columbus, Ohio. I was only eight years old but I knew what baptism meant and I was anxious to complete this …
Words are interesting. Sometimes, I’ll see a word in print and think “so that’s how it’s spelled”. Words like “rigmarole”, “vying”, “adieu”, “tantamount”. I still remember, as a little girl, when I asked how to spell “safternoon” and learned it was two words…this afternoon! Another time, in an Amish gift …
