By T. R. Robertson When my boys were young we loved to read the comic strips in the newspaper. Our favorite was Calvin and Hobbes, featuring a boy named Calvin and his stuffed-tiger friend. Calvin’s imagination knew no bounds, and our imaginations were fired up by reading about his adventures. Sometimes he would turn […]
By Paul Cole Today I turned 65. I was supposed to write this article on hope for a new day. I can’t think of a worse assignment on this day in my life or the best assignment of my life. Is there life after 65? Well, give me a few years and I will […]
By Michael C. Mack 1. If you were a superhero and could have just one super power, what would it be? Why? Read Haggai 2:23 and Zechariah 4:1-3, 6-14. 2. Zerubbabel was in the line of King David and an ancestor of Jesus (Matthew 1:12, 13). A king’s signet ring served as his […]
By David Faust Do you realize how much of life is outside your control? You can carry an umbrella, but you can’t control the weather. You can invest your money, but you can’t predict the stock market. You can manage your calendar, but you can’t keep yourself from aging. You can decide what food […]
By Alan W. Dowd I always suspected they had kept all that stuff. I remember how proudly they displayed it—sometimes on the refrigerator, sometimes on the dining room table. But I had never seen all of it in one place and never thought about how much time and care, space and effort they […]
