I was taking a walk last week. It was one of those spring days you wish you could make last forever. The sky was a brilliant blue. The new leaves on the trees were that fresh green that only lasts for a few weeks. The birds were singing their little…
Read moreWe live in an amazing time. Looking from the perspective of sixty-one years, I could never have imagined some of the things we now take for granted. Imagine: a telephone you can carry around with you – so small you can slip it into your pocket; the ability to record…
Read moreOn this day, over two thousand years ago, the perfect Son of God hung on a cross suspended between heaven and earth. Darkness covered the earth that day from noon until three o’clock in the afternoon. All the forces of hell were gathered there in a vain attempt to…
Read moreLet us suppose for a moment that I am a very powerful, wealthy, influential person. Let us also suppose that you have a great need that you cannot possibly take care of. You have done all you know to do; asked everyone you know to help and still you cannot…
Read moreLast Sunday was one of those days I wish I could wrap up and put in a special container to be opened on a cold winter day in January or a scorching day in August when the temperature hovers in the mid-nineties. It was a day of open windows and…
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