Old and new are always relative terms, especially when an American visits Europe. For example, in Delft in the Netherlands there is a New church built in 1420! The new church was built on the site of the old church. The site for the old church was chosen for an odd reason. The land is swampy and swamp gas could sometimes...

Last year in Boone, NC, Shelby Jean White was found guilty of murder in the first degree. It was a bizarre case. She murdered a local woman, buried the body, and then took that woman's identity. For some months she pretended to be the other woman, writing checks in her name, using her name when she answered the...

In the Sixth century the Emperor Justin II presented to the Vatican a cross. It was made of gold and covered with precious stones. The value of it is beyond calculating. In the center was a splinter of wood. That splinter seems out of place in such a jeweled cross until you know that Justin believed it was a splinter of...

When silent film star Rudolf Valentino died, nine thousand people passed by his casket every hour and the viewing lasted for three days! The Lord Jesus knew no such homage. Those who passed by His cross only taunted Him. There were only a few who came to His tomb: Nicodemus, a few faithful women and two apostles...

Recently the comic strip Family Circus by Bill Keane reflected the enormous difference one's attitude makes. The strip shows an ambulance going by with siren screaming. The little boy is putting his hands over his ears and saying, "Oh no! That siren means somebody's in trouble." The little girl, on the other hand, has her...