Jesus: The Master Fisher of Men Jesus was a carpenter by trade. He did have a lot of time and experience on the Sea of Galilee with several fishermen. On two different occasions Jesus helped his fishing disciples catch a large quantity of fish. First, in Luke 5:1-11 the disciples Read more…
Does Anyone Know a Cure for Chigger Bites? For our first wedding anniversary, Beverley and I decided to go see my friend Russ in Kerrville, Texas which is an hour west of San Antonio. (Have I ever mentioned my good friend Russ?) We visited with him in the evening but Read more…
Thirty-nine Happy Years Back in the mid-nineties Beverley and I took are two children to the Texas Camp near Austin. We served as camp counselors for a week. One of the night activities was a counselor talent show. One of the skits was a game show patterned after the Newlywed Read more…
Are You Coming or Are You Going? A little girl once said to her mother, “Mother, we learned in Sunday school today that we came from dust and that we are going back to dust. Is that true?” “Yes, darling, that’s true,” her mother answered. “Well, I just looked under Read more…
Hell’s Angels and Window Cleaner Working at a full service gas station while in High School brought me into contact with an assortment of curious characters. One of our regular customers, who never bought more than three dollars in gas, wanted to use one of our garage bays as his Read more…
Please, Recycle Your Corn Cobs Who doesn’t love corn on the cob? Growing up in north central Ohio in a family of eight we had an acre size garden in the rolling hills of the Mohican area. The soil was so rich and the summer rains so abundant, all we Read more…
Fingers and Toes Business was slow at SWESCO. My title as purchasing agent/inventory clerk for the small company was longer than my duties. Day after day, I was bored and frustrated trying to find enough to do to keep me busy. So, when a semi- trailer backed up to the Read more…
Hotline to Heaven “Holy Heavenly Hotline, Son of Man.” Remember the TV show Batman? There was a red telephone hotline connecting the commissioner to the super-hero. We may not have any earth-bound champions wearing tights and masks, yet God’s Son came to earth to bear our sins to restore our Read more…
The “Game” of Life It was the one hundredth anniversary of the board game giant Milton Bradley. The executives asked Reuben Klamer to produce a game to commemorate the company’s milestone. Within the company archives, Klamer found a game called The Checkered Game of Life. He and a co-inventor developed Read more…
How Much Do You Crave the Word of God? Have I ever mentioned my good friend Russ? Well Russ’ dad and mom, Arthur and Mary, were foster parents. There was a time when they kept newborn babies before these little ones could be adopted or placed with relatives. Russ and Read more…