This is what I'm thinking about today,,,
"In a clash of wills, Colonel, he who shouts loudest has lost." Cora Templeton Massengale - The Hallelujah Trail (1965) "A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger." Proverbs 15:1 (ESV) When I was a very young Christian and just starting out in the workforce, I took a job as... Continue Reading →
“To all who come to this happy place: welcome. Disneyland is your land. Here age relives fond memories of the past, and here youth may savor the challenge and promise of the future. Disneyland is dedicated to the ideals, the dreams, and the hard facts that have created America, with the hope that it will... Continue Reading →
"The legacy of brave men and women who have fought and died for their country is the freedom we enjoy as Americans." – Lucian Adams Memorial Day is an American holiday observed on the last Monday of May each year. On this day we remember and honor the men and women who have died while... Continue Reading →
“If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants.” Isaac Newton There seems to be a slight increase on the internet of the use of this quote from Issac Newton. A Christian physicist and mathematician, he's considered to be among the fathers of modern science. What Newton meant... Continue Reading →
"Your present circumstances don't determine where you can go. They merely determine where you start." Nido Qubein There are lots of different traditions related to ringing in the New Year. For my family when I was young, it was snack foods at 11:00PM then a 30 second countdown to midnight followed by wishing each other... Continue Reading →
“I hope no reader will suppose that ‘mere’ Christianity is here put forward as an alternative to the creeds of the existing communions—as if a man could adopt it in preference to Congregationalism or Greek Orthodoxy or anything else. It is more like a hall out of which doors open into several rooms. If I... Continue Reading →
I was roaming around a plant nursery while my wife and her sister were shopping for some treasures. There happened into my sight a young mom with her (probably) 18 month old toddler who was pretty steady on her feet. Mom was following her daughter around from area to area, just far enough away not... Continue Reading →
"...You can see how it (Charity) got the modern sense. If a man has “charity”, giving to the poor is the most obvious thing he does, and so people came to talk as if that were the whole of charity”. C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity Before we came to the decision that every meal was ‘Dutch... Continue Reading →
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