One recent Saturday afternoon I sat among the folks gathered to witness a wedding. Tissues dabbed throughout the audience as memories...

They’re called “the terrible two’s” but the testy behavior is really about development, not age. As children grow from being babies to...

Some children’s stories teach real life lessons in a marvelous way. A great one is the story of the Little Red Hen. The tiny tale is of...

Every time I see an airplane fly I am filled with wonder. Especially during the takeoff I feel compelled to watch! I know the science...

The weather this last week should not have caught many of us by surprise.  The forecasts for days in advance warned of “2-4” inches of...

Being gently awakened by morning sunshine is much more enjoyable for me than the “BRRZT, BRRZT, BRRZT” of an alarm clock. One of my...

Sometimes “new” matters a lot. Today is the first Sunday of a new year, meaning everything that is required to be dated for the next 51...

Yes, it’s that time of year again. Just this week we found ourselves channel surfing trying to locate the movie “It’s a Wonderful Life,”...

We live in an increasingly “connected” world; that is, always with internet access. Several years ago Netflix had a major outage. The...

What do you want to be when you grow up?” Now there’s a question that most young people surely come to dislike. How many times have you...

Living things are born, grow, decline and die. Non-living things go through similar processes but even new cars, new appliances and new...

The challenge to live godly has always run squarely into conflict with an ungodly world. The revelation of God defines morality for those...

There are lots of good things to appreciate regarding Lads to Leaders participation. One area is the debate program. Like many...

On April 15, 1912, Titanic sank on her maiden voyage. Advertised as an unsinkable ship, all involved were tragically mistaken and over...

Acts 2:38 Then Peter said to them, "Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of...

Jesus performed many miracles. With the exception of perhaps three or four, all of the miracles of Jesus were done specifically to help...

Something wonderful happens in the daily lives of each of us reading these words. We order ourselves - our time, our activities, our...

Barney Colson was an elder for University City congregation in Gainesville, Florida, for thirty-three years until his death in 1998....

“For you see your calling, brethren, that not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called. But God has...

Jesus was surrounded by a sea of people once His ministry began. A whole town showed up at His door and He had to sneak away in the...