Seeds of Kindness

Seeds of Kindness

I love stories that remind us of God’s faithfulness. This is a good one… In 1921, a missionary couple named David and Svea Flood, traveled from Sweden to the heart of Africa to what was then called the Belgian Congo. They felt led by the Lord to take the gospel to a...
Food Fight

Food Fight

I recently came across some photos of my early college days. And it brought back some amazing memories. In my ‘Freshman year, I was involved in a first-class food fight. I am certainly not proud of such immature, irresponsible behavior, but I can’t tell you that it...
Footprints of Faith

Footprints of Faith

Awhile back, I was rereading a copy of an 11-year-old Focus on the Family article entitled, “Footprints of Faith.” The author, Wendy Lawton told the story of a priceless family treasure that came in the form of a yellowed handwritten note attached to some old...
Our Heavenly Father is Listening

Our Heavenly Father is Listening

It doesn’t really matter what business you call these days; you are likely to engage with some form of a “phone answering” system. We all hate them, and if you are like me, you may occasionally resort to screaming at the phone, “customer service!” Sometimes, we...
Influencers

Influencers

If you had interviewed me when I was a High School senior and asked who the influencers were in my life, I would probably have answered, “my English teacher Mr. Martin (he was so smart, well read and cute too!), Benjamin Franklin (been an interest for a long time) and...
Basic Bible Literacy

Basic Bible Literacy

A while back, the clue on Jeopardy was “Jezebel’s husband.” None of the three contestants knew that the answer was King Ahab. About that same time, I was doing a crossword puzzle, and the clue was Samuel’s teacher. I happened to know that Eli was Samuel’s mentor. But...