Back in the day youth groups sang, “I’m really livin’ since I met my Lord.” Ongoing verses would substitute other words for “livin” (e.g. lovin’, servin’, prayin’, etc.). If sung with smugness it is the height of religious arrogance, but if sung with humility it highlights that the Christian life is life lived at the […]
I keep an hour glass on the shelf in my office. It was a gift from a friend. About a foot tall, my hour glass has a brass frame surrounding a clear glass bottle that’s narrow in the middle with a couple inches of white sand inside. Turn the contraption over, and the sand flows […]
School has started. While some schools begin in August, most all are in session following Labor Day. For decades the overriding purpose in going to school was to acquire knowledge. While acquiring skills for future education and the work place and helping students to be physically, emotionally, and psychologically healthy were also desired outcomes, the […]
Two families built identical new houses using the same kind of lumber, siding, and shingles. One of the homeowners, however, skimped on the amount of concrete used in the foundation. After a cold winter and spring rains, the house with the weak foundation is full of cracks and leaks. A group of young women, excited […]
It is providential to have this lesson this weekend. Labor Day is a holiday, officially recognized in 1894, to honor the American worker. Toward the end of the 1800s, at the height of the Industrial Revolution, the average American worked 12-hour days and seven-day weeks just to eke out a basic living. In some states, […]
