Overnight I received word that a ministry friend from North Carolina had suffered a massive heart attack. He was rushed to the hospital, underwent an immediate quadruple bypass surgery and is recovering. The amazing part of all this is that, by God’s grace, Terry lived four minutes from one of the top cardiac hospitals in … Read more
You may not be facing the same sort of giant struggles as the refugees in Afghanistan, Haiti or South Sudan are battling, but all of us have issues in our lives that threaten to overwhelm us. Issues that loom large like giants. It makes no difference if your child’s life is at risk from the … Read more
Today will be a different type of devotional. It is a plea that you join me in prayer for the unfolding situation in Afghanistan. All of us hear about crises from around the world. The fateful news floods our screens, our inboxes and our conversations. Not all news is bad, of course; but that is … Read more
There are plenty of times that I’ve forgotten things. We all do that. I’ve even forgotten some pretty important things. I’m not alone in that, of course. Everyone reading this fits into that category. It’s tough to forget something of significance, and it can be embarrassing to admit. I’ve mentioned before the florist who will … Read more
If you want some amusing reading, try an internet search for “things you should not touch” and prepare to laugh a good bit. You’ll see all the be-a-nice-visitor pages about never touching your host’s refrigerator, remote control or thermostat. And thanks to the COVID epidemic there are pages and pages of things that COVID-germophobes say … Read more
Special Forces operators have unique requirements in terms of both protection and provision. My role in the US Marines involved tactical connections to Marine Force Recon units (the USMC’s special operations force), since I was engaged in the intelligence operations of my unit. So I understand that special forces teams need to go where others … Read more
I recently read an article about how to properly light an Electronic Dance Music (or EDM) event like a rave. Light is a major part of the experience in those events. First of all, you’ve got to have a suite of different lights. You need conventional lights, LED fixtures, moving lights and lasers. You need … Read more
Some of the things that people call “fun” are pretty strange. Did you know that “Duck Herding” is popular in the UK? I’ve even seen an article that described it as a “competitive sport.” It apparently involves people guiding ducks around a course with obstacles and challenges (along with the help of sheepdogs, amazingly enough) … Read more
Nobody likes pollution; not of any sort. We prefer clean and fresh. New and unused. In fact, there are some situations where we automatically assume that what we buy or use is pure and clean. There are even situations where the law requires it! When you pop out to your local fast food joint for … Read more
Whenever someone has told me that something that is about to happen is for my own good, it hasn’t often SEEMED to be good. Spankings I received from my parents as a child come to mind most readily. Ouch !!! Of course, I’m pretty sure that not everything that was presented to me as for … Read more