VOCs – volatile organic compounds.  Sounds rather ominous, doesn’t it?  Yet, the majority of us love the smell of VOCs.   We love it when 50-60 different chemicals “off-gas” and we inhale the euphoric smell with pleasure.  Some of these chemicals are toluene, ethylbenzene, styrene, xylenes trimethylbenzene, polyethylene terephthalate, and formaldehyde.1, 2  Most of you are… Read More »

June is the month where the cultural war flows to the forefront.  It is the month where we see one of the greatest divides in our nation.  Conservative vs. liberal.  Moral vs. immoral.  For an entire month, the gay pride agenda is rammed down American throats.  Society caters and capitulates to aggressive posturing of the… Read More »

We love summer and we’ve been enjoying it for the last eight days.  Naturally, though, summer is accompanied by what many would consider less than ideal characteristics:  heat, sweating while standing still, humidity, tornados, ticks, and bugs.  Of those bugs, “there are more than 30,000 species of wasp around the world but there are three… Read More »

Put ‘er there, pardner!  With that old statement, a simple handshake was requested and exchanged.  Since 2005, National Handshake Day was established by Miryam Roddy on behalf of BRODY Professional Development.  “This gesture is key to first impressions & relationships,” says Roddy regarding handshakes.1 And, in 2020, the handshake was sadly replaced with a fist… Read More »

President Bill Clinton (January 20, 1993 – January 20, 2001) did something on this date that should have spoken volumes to the American people and set a precedent for future presidencies. Republican President George H.W. Bush (January 20, 1989 – January 20, 1993) was defeated for reelection by Democrat William Jefferson Clinton.  Bush was expected… Read More »

If you were in church on Wednesday, May 29th, I told you that I had a moment in my study that made me feel like a preschooler learning their A-B-Cs all over again.  Here’s the scenario. Our Vacation Bible School theme is Camp Genesis:  Adventures In God’s Creation.  Lesson one is all about the creation… Read More »

Have you ever noticed a red or yellow dot on a set of new tires and wondered what it meant?  Does it have something to do with the cost?  Does this mark a defective tire – red meaning beware, low budget tire, and yellow meaning I should proceed with caution?  If I have both a… Read More »

Starting with the devotional on Monday, June 17th, you might have noticed something a bit different.  I’ve started to do something intentional that the Lord laid on my heart. Writing the devotionals is a difficult task for me because I’m not a creative individual and I’ve never thought of myself as particularly interesting.  And I… Read More »

Yesterday marked in my opinion a truly cringe worthy celebration.  It was National Selfie Day, established in 2014 by DJ Rick McNeely from Fishbowl Radio Network in Arlington, TX.  This was intended as a fun promotional for the radio network, but it grew into a charitable event. With 97% of Americans owning a smartphone, we… Read More »

Let’s take a moment today to correct a bit of a historical myth.  Yesterday was National American Eagle Day.  This bird of prey is our national symbol and is incorporated on The Great Seal of the United States, adopted on June 20, 1782. “The Continental Congress gave Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams the… Read More »