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Boarded Windows
I walked passed the house two or three afternoons per week on my way home from after-school activities. I guess it would be more accurate to say that I ran passed it. It was a shack of a house with boarded up windows, an old man and two young men nearly always...
My Mother, My Friend
I have chocolate chip cookies baking in the oven, Cary Grant & Doris Day are on the television and my kitchen window is opened just enough to allow a chorus of bird-song in. As I sip my afternoon coffee and wait for just the right time to take the cookies out, I...
Bird Brain
“What is he up to?” I asked myself, heading down the hallway one morning. The tapping and scraping sounds grew louder the further I went down the hall. Daniel was the only one down there. I opened his bedroom door to find him lounging on his bed, reading a book and...
Having Hope in Times of Fear
“God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.” Psalm 46:1 "He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, 'He is my refuge and my fortress, My God, in Him I will trust.'" ...
Touching Many
Three thousand people saved – in one day, in one place, through the bold words of one man of God. Not in one year or over many miles or through several missionaries – one day, one place, one man of God! How incredible! It gets better. The man of God speaking with bold authority wasn’t Elijah or Moses, but Peter! Peter – the rough and tough, the fisherman with the reputation for angry outbursts, the disciple who denied Christ three times. The same Peter that Christ spoke to after the resurrection, “Do you love me Peter?” three times asked. Three times Peter proclaims “I do Lord!” “Feed my lambs. Tend my sheep. Feed my sheep, Peter,” Christ forgives and commissions him.
Aladdin’s Lamp
“Oh, magic Genie, make me rich and powerful!” Poof! The young man – Aladdin – is instantly changed from a poor, dirty, undesirable to a wealthy & handsome prince. He struts into town, lavishing his wealth on everyone along the way and smiles his way into...