A Week of Good Thoughts
Suppose we start this very day
To live our lives in a different way;
Suppose we vowed and constantly tried
To help those in trouble on life’s wayside.
If we showed by our deeds a hint of His...
Love Numbers
Of honeymooning couples last year, 9% had this in common. What?
Answer: They brought their kids along.
On their first date, 15% of married people say this happened. What?
Answer: They fell in love!
For Valentine’s Day dinner,...
A Persian Proverb
There seems to be a mad rush to identify with every strange teaching that comes down the pike. The current rage is to deny we can “know” anything, but is that true?
The Best Things
“The best things are nearest: breath in your nostrils, light in your eyes, flowers at your feet, duties at your hand, the path of right just before you. Then do not grasp at the...
Glad Tidings of Good Things (August 4, 2016)
Sundial Memory
An old sundial in England bears this inscription: “I Mark Only the Hours That Shine.”
Reading it one day, a poet added: “I like the sundial’s wisdom in marking hours that shine. How happy...
Glad Tidings of Good Things (November 9, 2017)
Overcoming Obstacles
The nine-foot, 400-pound Goliath challenged the children of Israel and blasphemed Almighty God. David, a seventeen-year-old fuzzy-cheeked lad who came to visit his brothers demanded to know why they were not accepting the...