At a recent Tae Kwon Do testing, one of my adult students broke several bones his foot. I followed up several weeks later with his Kyle, his Senior Instructor to see how he was doing. The good news is that he was progressing. The better news that I discovered was that he was helping with the website to get a number of things straightened out that we desperately needed help with. After interacting with him via email, I set up…
During the 1970’s one of my favorite comedians was Flip Wilson. What he was able to do on his weekly show was keep the audience laughing from the first to last minutes with an honest to goodness “joy of life.” One of his favorite phrases during many of his skit roles for excusing bad behavior or mistakes that always seemed to generate a laugh was “the devil made me do it!” The American Society, at this juncture did not seem…
As I think back through my life there has been some times that touched me through someone or something and I have to believe there was great purpose in that. Life has a way of challenging us and our beliefs, bringing us useless doubts that cloud our vision of the eternal. None of us need those doubts, but sometimes they are there to make us ponder and dig deep down to discover the reality and truth of our Heavenly Father….
While reading the news several days ago, one of the big headlines was about two Miss USA finalists giving “stupid” answers and another one freezing during her questions. Our society has really sunken low when something like this becomes a headline. Much of media has made its living by criticizing and finding fault with both public and private citizens. Yet, most of us have been guilty of laughing or making fun of others even though we do not understand their…
Those of us who are blessed with the ability to see their children grow and mature, also come to realize that as we age those kids are probably doing many things better and more efficiently than we are. So it was on my recent trip to Africa. Fortunately, Micah was with me to calm me when my emotions and anxieties got the best of me at the Addis Abba airport. We were trying to get to a hotel I had…
Several days ago my daughter Rainie called me to talk about a dream. Of all my children, she shares more dreams with me than any. The unusual thing is that most of the dreams she shares are extremely profound and appear to have strong spiritual implications. I personally believe that God communicates with her, and at times with other family members, in this way. While each of you has your own line of communication with the eternal, her dreams have…