Did you ever have a close call? Were you nearly involved in a serious accident, or barely missed getting hit by a car? Perhaps you narrowly averted a disastrous mistake on the job. It’s a relief to realize you avoided a serious problem. Jesus’ disciples had a close call on the Sea of Galilee. A […]
Viewed a certain way, some of my recent actions might seem irrational, but they actually make good sense. I let a total stranger tell me what to do. (He was a police officer directing traffic.) I paid a lot of money to place my life in the hands of someone I have never seen. (An […]
Death isn’t a joking matter, but the word dying has found its way into our vocabulary as a common form of exaggeration. Do you ever say, “I’m dying to get home and take a hot shower”? Maybe you’re feeling weary at work, so you exclaim, “I’m dying to take a vacation,” or “If the boss […]
How many creatures live under the sea? It’s now thought that between 700,000 and one million species dwell in the world’s oceans. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 91 percent of ocean species remain unclassified and 95 percent of the ocean remains unexplored. There’s still a lot to learn down there. How big […]
When she was in her 80s, my mother bought some balls of yarn and started crocheting six-inch squares. She intended to sew them together into a large afghan, but she never finished the project. After Mother died last year, my daughter Michelle took her leftover yarn and started crocheting and sewing to carry on the […]
