Salvation

According to USA Today, a 56-year-old man in Paraguay wants to adopt 1,000 poor foreign children. The man is a German citizen, which would enable the children to benefit from German social services. The politics and ethics of that can be debated, but we have an even greater offer: we have a

Flavor Forever

Mark 9:38-50 I read from the internet that "Flavor is the sensory impression of a food or other substance. It is determined by the three chemical senses of taste, olfaction (smell), and the so-called trigeminal senses, which detect chemical irritants in the mouth and throat. The taste

Optimism

We all admire those who are able to make the best of bad situations-to see the good in everything. Even Dennis the Menace has an optimistic streak. In a recent comic he said to his friend Joey, "One good thing about vegetables Joey, they really make the dessert taste good." It is

A Servant’s Heart

Mark 9:30-37 I love a parade! As a high school band student I played the bass drum. The preparation, practices, and formation drills led up to the day of the American Royal Parade in Kansas City. Once on the bus we laughed, talked and made lots of noise as teenagers. However, when we got to

Hypocrisy

A little boy attended the baby dedication of his little brother. The older boy proceeded to cry all the way home, in the car. His father asked, "What's wrong son?" The boy said, "The minister made you promise that you would have us raised in a Christian home." &

Hope

According to The New Book of Lists, the Cape of Good Hope is not well-named. The Portuguese explorer, Bartholomeu Dias called it the Cape of Storm. That's how rough he judged the waters to be. Historians say that the King of Portugal had the name changed to encourage people to travel th

Hope

In The Romance of the Last Crusade, British Major Vivian Gilbert told of his advance toward Jerusalem during World War I. He stopped one night to visit a field hospital. He stayed by the bedside of a dying soldier, barely nineteen. He told their location. They were at Emmaus. Then he told h

Death

There is an old Irish folk song, "The Parting Glass." It is sung at the end of business at a typical Irish pub, but it has a more symbolic meaning. There is a part of the song that goes like this: Since it falls unto my lot, That I should rise and you should not, I'll g