If you lived to be 80 years old and read one book per day, you would read 29,240 books (this figures in an extra day for every leap year).  This would only equate to .075% of the over 39 million books in the Library of Congress.  That doesn’t include the millions of maps, manuscripts, digital… Read More »

Several weeks ago in the middle of March when the weather was throwing random snow squalls that whited out nearly everything in sight, a neighbor was riding his ATV up and down the roads, bundled up in his Carhart’s and gloves.  He was desperately in search of his lost dog. Sunday night, March 24th, I… Read More »

On the Jewish calendar, today is Nisan 15, 5784.  The year “is the amount of years which have elapsed since creation.”1  And, according to that calendar, today is the first day of Pesach or Passover.  This week long observance becomes the Feast of Unleavened Bread.  It is used to commemorate the Lord’s deliverance in Egypt,… Read More »

I know a picture says a thousand words but since I can’t add the pictures I would like, I will just have to use my words.  Don’t panic, though.  The average devotional in its entirety is around 750 words.  Since I’m about to describe several pictures, that should set your minds at ease. There is… Read More »

Looking at our list of church officers and Sunday School officers, we have a total of 58 positions needing to be filled.  Of those 58, several positions require multiple people to serve; ie. assistant teachers, treasurers, musicians, coaches, staff, etc.  Every one of those positions is staffed by a volunteer.  They aren’t getting a paycheck… Read More »

If you would prefer not to read my rantings, I understand.  You might want to pass over today’s devotional.  However, I hope you won’t because the application is worth the time of reading something that happened in our history – a shameful part of our history that smacks of disgusting hypocrisy. On this day in… Read More »

How did you wake up this morning?  Was it to some ugly, harsh sound emanating from an alarm clock?  Did your alarm play some gentle, soothing music?  Was it the voice of a parent, sibling, or spouse letting you know that it was time to arise?  Do you have an internal alarm system that wakes… Read More »

If you’ve ever done much travelling, you know that one of the worst things is to break down far from home.  You can’t conveniently call someone to get you and the distance is too far to tow the vehicle home.  The only thing you can do is find a mechanic, hope they can get the… Read More »

In 1938, Swiss chemist Dr. Albert Hofmann created a synthetic compound called lysergic acid diethylamide.  The hope was that this chemical might be used medicinally as a circulatory or respiratory stimulant.  It was always hoped to be used with psychotherapy. For five years, Dr. Hofmann really didn’t perform any experiments with this new compound.  However,… Read More »

You know what today is, right?  With a collective sigh, we reply, “Tax Day.”  It’s not like you didn’t know this day was coming.  You’ve had 366 days since last year to prepare (this was a leap year so you get the extra day!) and 106 days since the beginning of the year.  Procrastination doesn’t… Read More »