By Ray Stites “Getting to know you, Getting to know all about you,” are words to a song Oscar Hammerstein II wrote for The King and I. The setting was romantic, not doctrinal, but the song speaks to an important question. How do we know someone? The question was often present in my mind […]
By Ray Stites Why do we do what we do? We were driving on an interstate highway. The construction signs warned there would be but one lane in the construction zone, instead of the three lanes currently available. Many people followed the directions on the signs, making adjustments in speed and changing lanes as […]
By Ray Stites “I didn’t see that coming.” “Surprise! Surprise! Surprise!” Even today I can clearly hear Jim Nabors as Gomer Pyle delivering his signature line. TV viewers of yesteryear knew the unexpected had happened—again—to help Private Pyle, or thwart his sergeant, or turn someone’s day upside down. Surprises can be humorous. They can […]
