There is a man buried in Westminster Abbey among kings, queens, and other notables of British history.  While everyone buried there would not necessarily be an honorable person in God’s estimation, this man definitely doesn’t deserve such a prestigious burial place. This man followed upon the “science” of his grandfather and a French scientist named… Read More »

The Saturday before Thanksgiving has been designated as National Adoption Day.  It’s a day to acknowledge those who have been adopted, their adoptive families, or those going through the tedious process of adoption.  Just consider where things are in our own nation. “Of the more than 440,000 children in foster care in the United States, there are… Read More »

Today is National Substitute Teacher Day.  In the more modern PC era, it’s National Substitute Educator’s Day, capping off a weeklong celebration of American educators and administration.  According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there are 376,340 elementary and secondary education subs1 to teach in the nation’s 97,568 public schools2 and 32,461 private schools3.  There… Read More »

On this day in 1980, we found out “who shot J.R.”  Younger readers have no idea what I’m talking about but those who grew up in this time period know all about it, even if you never watched the show. Dallas was a nighttime soap opera featuring Larry Hagman as J.R. Ewing, a womanizing oil… Read More »

United States Patent No. 1,475,074 was granted on this day in 1923 to Garrett Morgan.  While we’ve probably never heard of this man, we see and use his invention every day.  First, let’s get some perspective on the identity of this man. “Morgan, the child of two formerly enslaved people, was born in Kentucky in 1877. When… Read More »

Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth, on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on… Read More »

There are a lot of things we just take for granted and never think about.  One of those is something celebrated on this day and has been with us precisely since noon, 1883.  It’s time zones. Traveling a distance often took weeks or months.  Historians tell us that prior to this day, time was relative… Read More »

Since the early 1980s, something good has come out of Ann Arbor, Michigan.  Some will have to reread that sentence.  Blink a couple of times to make sure your eyes are clear and reading correctly.  You might wonder if this devotional is written by a guest contributor.  I can assure you that it’s not being… Read More »

A couple of days ago, we were talking about Gen Alpha.  Perhaps the most familiar generational group are the Boomers, often called Baby Boomers.  They are the ones born after WWII from 1946 to 1964, when the birth rate was booming in the US and other countries.  Those who fit this category are currently between the ages… Read More »

Prepare for the ick.  Look out for the “ewww, gross!” moments.  Today is National Clean Out The Refrigerator Day.  While we might think that this is all about E.coli and salmonella, it all started as a way to get ready for what is happening two weeks from yesterday. Thanksgiving!  And right around the corner in… Read More »