I admit it with great pride.  I AM a band geek.  Some of you were athletes.  You played every sport possible.  You ran track, dribbled a ball, tackled the opponent, and ran the bases.  I played in band – symphonic band, pep band, and the best of all, marching band.  And I would dare proclaim… Read More »

The name Francis Scott Key needs no introduction.  We know him as the author of The Star Spangled Banner.  “During the War of 1812, following the Burning of Washington in August 1814, on September 7, 1814, Key and American Agent for Prisoners of War, Colonel John Stuart Skinner dined aboard HMS Tonnant as the guests… Read More »

Texas resident Claudette Colvin is currently 84 years old and is often asked about her childhood.  Specifically, people are interested in what happened to her on this day in 1955 when she was a 15-year-old headed home from school.  She was taken off the public bus and arrested.  What was her “crime?” She was black… Read More »

 The headline of the Boston Herald said it all.  Lindbergh Baby Is Kidnapped.  Multiple article headlines preceded the actual article.  Noted Flier’s Son Taken From His Crib In Home At Hopewell, N.J.  ALARM BROADCAST:  PARENTS PROSTRATED.  Abductors Carry Away 20-Months-Old Child In Motor Car Stolen In Atlantic City.  BABY TAKEN FROM NURSERY:  FIVE PERSONS IN… Read More »

Once every four years, we call it a leap year.  Most of us just realize that February typically has 28 days and every four years, it has 29.  If we were pushed to explain it, the majority of us including this writer would have that deer in the headlights look and be stumped to give… Read More »

On March 8, 2022, I wrote a devotional about the 2022 Winter Olympics and scandals that have erupted through the years.  The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Switzerland has finally decided about something that occurred at the ’22 Olympics. Kamila Valieva was a Russian figure skater.  She was competing with her team at… Read More »

Anosmia.  If you work in the medical profession or just have trivial facts floating in your mind, you will know what this word means.  I don’t think I’ve ever heard it or read of it until I was doing some studying to find an illustration for today’s devotional.  This is National Anosmia Day, established in… Read More »

I had an epiphany.  One of the Merriam-Webster definitions of this word is:  “a usually sudden manifestation or perception of the essential nature or meaning of something (2)  an intuitive grasp of reality through something (such as an event) usually simple and striking (3): an illuminating discovery, realization, or disclosure.”1  I had one of those today… Read More »

How about one more devotional about something in our Constitution?  I really can’t fathom how an American wouldn’t find themselves enamored with that document and the wisdom of our forefathers concerning the various amendments. Since today is Sunday, let’s consider something else found in the First Amendment.  “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment… Read More »

The First Amendment to our Constitution reads, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” On this day… Read More »