Fathers become famous for all kinds of things. Some kids can say that their dad hit a home run in the World Series. Others can boast that their father helps to pass laws that make this country a better place to live. Young people who have fathers who are policemen and firemen...
Since the dawn of our nation’s founding, every generation has endured a time of testing. From the first battle at Lexington, to the burning of the White House in 1812, to Teddy Roosevelt’s charge up San Juan Hill, to the carnage and human cost of the Civil War, to the death and...
As I think back to my mother when I was a child, and as I have watched our three children and nine grandchildren relate to my wife, I have observed all of the following in action: a barber and beautician, fashion consultant, chairperson, mechanic, teacher, veterinarian, equipper, interpreter...
If you gave Mom a chance to choose, most of the time she would prefer for the family to eat at a nice cafeteria instead of at home. That alternative eliminates working over a hot stove and having to clean up the dishes afterwards. Ask the kids and they, too, will usually choose a...
In our culture, as you probably well know, the significance of important, highly valued, religious days and times has long been forgotten. For the most part, we live our lives on the surface of frenetic activity. We surf and skim over a body of information, but rarely dive into the...
Do you remember the story when some parents brought their children to Jesus so that he could hold and bless them, but the disciples scolded the parents for bothering Jesus? Please take the time to read four verses in Mark 10:13-16 that recount Jesus’ reaction to this setting. What...
I am a little slow in getting Northway’s year-end financial results to you, but here they are. And for those of you who attended our quarterly church conference in person this past Sunday, please note that the following represent some recently revised figures. Let me begin by...
One of the top five biblical verses being tweeted, hashtagged, shared, bookmarked, or highlighted is Philippians 4:13 [“I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.”]. And, really, it’s easy to see why this passage would go viral because this verse tells you...
Late one December, an elementary school principal said to his teachers: “Let’s all write our New Year’s Resolutions about how we can be better teachers, and I’ll put them on the staff bulletin board. In that way, we can be mutually supportive in our efforts to...
This universe is so vast that it staggers our feeble intellects when we begin to think about it. For example, our universe stretches so far that it takes light, traveling at 186,282 miles per second, 10-13 billion years to make the journey from one end of the known universe to the...