By David Faust Palm trees bring to mind vacation spots and warm ocean breezes. Prized by the ancients for their flowers and fruit, like dates and coconuts, palm trees also provided strong elastic fibers that craftsmen wove into ropes. Palms received their name (from the Latin palma) because their leaves fan out like fingers extending […]
By David Faust When I left for college at age 18, everything I owned fit in the trunk of my car. When my wife and I got married, our combined belongings filled a pickup truck. Nearly 40 years later when we moved to a smaller house, we had to hire the moving company Two Men […]
By David Faust You may not have heard of a nineteenth-century English poet named Jane Taylor, but I’m certain you can quote some lyrics she wrote. Her poem “The Star” appeared in 1806 in a book called Rhymes for the Nursery. It has six stanzas, but the poem is best known for its first verse: […]
By David Faust Some might find it surprising and almost sacrilegious to suggest that God built fun and enjoyment into the Old Testament law, but how else can we explain celebrations such as the Feast of Tabernacles? This annual feast required Jewish families to camp outdoors for a week in early fall. They lived in […]
By David Faust Have you ever struggled to forgive someone? Do you find it hard to let go of anger and bitterness? How can you keep from resenting someone who bullied, slandered, ignored, or cheated you? Heroes of mercy described in the Bible showed such amazing grace to others that I find it hard to […]
