While kayaking in southern England off the island of Wight, Mark Ashton-Smith, a 33-year-old lecturer at Cambridge University, capsized in treacherous waters. Clinging to his craft and reaching for his cell phone, Ashton-Smith’s first inclination was to call his father. It didn’t matter to the desperate son that his dad, Alan Pimm-Smith, was at work [...]
A movie I enjoy is titled, The Rookie. It is based on events in the life of Jimmy Morris, a high school teacher and baseball coach in Big Lake, Texas who became a major-league baseball pitcher. Several of the high school players who had been on the receiving end of Morris’s fastballs encouraged him to [...]
At the beginning of World War II, as the German Army was taking over all of Europe, the people of England became increasingly anxious. The British Ministry of Information issued a series of three posters. Their intent was to assure the nation and keep the nation focused and not give in to fear and panic. [...]
Many people love the sweet confection called “Milk Duds.” It was, however, the product of a mistake. The Hoffman Company of Chicago, the original producers of the product, was trying to make a perfectly round chocolate-covered caramel. They failed and subsequently called their mistakes “duds.” Not wanting a total loss, the company decided to sell [...]
Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God— children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God. The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, [...]
But to all who believed him and accepted him, he gave the right to become children of God. John 1:12 (NLT) The church choir director was being driven out of his mind at the rehearsals for the Christmas Choral Concert. It seemed that at least one or more members of the choir was absent at [...]
All afternoon a little boy tried to put together a puzzle, his birthday gift from his father. Some of the pieces were bright, some dark; some seemed to go together, others seemed to fit nowhere. Finally, frustrated, tired and with nothing to show for his efforts, the boy gathered the pieces, put them in the [...]
When Leith Anderson, a pastor from Eden, Minnesota, was a boy, he was an avid fan of the former Brooklyn Dodgers. In 1956, Leith’s father took him to game 5 of the World Series between the Dodgers and the Yankees. He was so excited that he would finally get to see his beloved Dodgers defeat [...]
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