Ezekiel 36:26 Meet pen pals—Deshauna and Frank. Strange pals under the all-too-common conditions of the day—distrust and distance. But...

Nehemiah 1:4-6,10,11 An atheist was walking through the woods one day, admiring all creation. Not long into his walk, he heard a rustling...

Maya Angelou said, “When people tell you who they are, believe them.” I believed my tennis group on court one when they told me the other...

At school, Little Johnny’s classmate tells him that most adults are hiding at least one dark secret, so it’s very easy to blackmail them...

One of my favorite stories is “The Donkey in the Hole”. I don’t know if it’s true. If it isn’t, it should be. A farmer's donkey fell into...

There is much to cry about: 1 million acres have been scorched in large fires across 12 states: 392 wildfires in California alone. The...

When the worse happens—fires, car accidents, collapsed buildings—those who respond first to give aid can be the difference between life...

Happy 4th of July. As we celebrate our national independence, we celebrate, in a real way, our personal freedoms that derive from it. The...

“The best laid plans of mice and men (can go wrong).” Robert Frost’s famous line from his poem, “To a Mouse” is an apology. Yes, an...

Whenever and wherever I can hear God, I am in my happy place. Happy has a lot to do with hearing. Just ask the man I heard about who was...

“A rose by any other name smells just as sweet.”, Juliet said to her lover, Romeo, in Shakespeare's great play. Juliet’s line infers:...

It’s been more than a year of no graduations, no stands filled with cheering fans, no long hugs from adorable, snotty-nosed grand kids....

One Sunday morning, a preacher noticed little Alex standing in the foyer of the church, staring up at a large plaque. It was covered with...

These past recent weeks were the kind of weeks that make you ask: Is there light at the end of this tunnel? Global peace is fragile as...

“The fathers eat sour grapes, And the children’s teeth become numb?” Ezekiel 18:2 You don’t hear this proverb much anymore. But back in...

Today is Mother’s Day—the day we recognize mothers in all their many forms and fashions: Mommy, Madear, Big Momma, Meemaw, Abuela, Oma....

A police officer jumped into his squad car and called the station. “I have an interesting case here,” he said. “A woman shot her husband...

Life is mix-master—a capricious, mind-boggling entanglement of roads with one common theme: all roads have a destination. On any given...

A man rushed his limp dog to the veterinarian. The doctor pronounced the dog dead. The agitated man demanded some tests. The vet went...