I am not a huge fan of baseball or of any sport for that matter. However, I did watch the Chicago Cubs make it to the World Series back in 2016. It was very exciting. Since then, I have watched a little more baseball than I used to. A reason

by Dave Jacobs August 10, 2023 “Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.” Prov.14:34 “But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.” 2 Timothy 3:13 About a mile or so down the road from my home is a poultry farm. Often,

The phrase “Memento Mori” (‘remember the dead’) means many different things to different people. One interpretation that I have heard and that I like is from 2022s movie, Burial starring Charlotte Vega and others. The main character explains that Romans would chant, “Memento mori!” at the Roman soldiers when they

  March 04, 1841 Called from a retirement which I had supposed was to continue for the residue of my life to fill the chief executive office of this great and free nation, I appear before you, fellow-citizens, to take the oaths which the Constitution prescribes as a necessary qualification

Red —For the blood that came as body parts expanded and tore and pushed a living being out. Red for the blood that needed to fuel muscles used for walking and talking and teaching and putting up with ignorant human beings. Red for the blood shed through beatings and whippings

by Alejandro Smith December 8, 2023 As Christopher Reeve once said, “A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.” Christopher Reeve says heroes never back down and strive for the better, they are also strong so they can succeed

I confess that I have not always been so positive on Israel. I have seen documentaries from both sides and talked to people from both sides and know that atrocious mistakes have been made on both sides of the Palestinian conflict. However, my attitude has been for most of my

by Heather Walsgh November 28, 2023 God, the supreme being, is often referred to as the Father, which signifies His role as the creator and sustainer of the universe. In the Christian faith, God the Father is the first person of the Trinity, along with the Son (Jesus Christ) and

2006 saw the release of Ayaan Hirsi Ali‘s book, Infidel. It told how she was born in Somalia but her mother and her sister and her brother had to flee to Kenya and Saudi Arabia and other countries to avoid the war in civil wars in Somalia. Growing up, she

In John 10:10 Jesus is quoted as saying, “… I am come that they might have life and that they might [live] it more abundantly.” Many ministers and lay members of the church are afraid to acknowledge this scripture because they feel that it casts a less than favorable light upon themselves and members of their church if they are not all living as abundantly a Jesus professed they ought to live.