As I watched the finals of the National Spelling Contest I was totally amazed at the skills of those 12 year olds.  Almost every word was...

Little children are taught very early on to wash their hands and take a bath. Cooks and doctors have to cleanse their hands frequently to...

My father-in-law used to plant a huge garden every year and never even thought about watering it.  That’s because he lived in an area...

After having raised four children, my wife, Darlene, and I experienced all the emotions from sorrow and frustration to pride and love. ...

All of us no doubt hear the question, “How are you?” several times each day.  Instead of responding with the expected “Fine” or “Good,’...

Eager anticipation would probably describe most children’s desire to open a gift as soon as possible. They are looking forward to and...

This is it, the last day of 2023. In 2020 the last day was surely remembered as the year of the pandemic when optimists cheered its...

There are several ways people can be wounded besides the obvious physical one. One’s pride could be wounded when critics point out the...

For centuries the common method of urging animals to move has been a sharp stick called a goad.  Nowadays farmers and ranchers use a...

Perhaps the first thoughts that came to mind when you saw this word were drivers or baseball hitters.  It might also apply to various...

Thanksgiving Day 2023 was bittersweet at our house. My daughter is a wonderful cook and made us a great traditional meal from scratch. We...

When was the last time you were truly astounded, which is speechless, overwhelmed, and shocked with wonder or surprise?  Then you were...

Dad and Mom have to go to a funeral several states away and will be gone 4 days.  Joe and John, their teenaged sons, can’t go because...

Winston Churchill once famously described Russia as, “a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.” Very little has changed in that...

My uncle Ross was an amazing man in so many ways. He was born and raised as one of 7 kids in a rural area of Northwest Arkansas, but...

Latent skills and talents often lie dormant until they are activated by some unexpected circumstance such as persuasion or even coercion....

Suppose you were to receive an envelope in which there was a check made out to you for one million dollars tax-free. You didn’t earn it...

Although semantics is the study of meanings of words and ways that language can change over time, “God is not the author of confusion…”...

Recently another perceptive article by our prolific brother in Christ, Don Campbell, entitled, “LOVING GOD FROM CENTER TO CIRCUMFERENCE”...

The total expenditure each year on cosmetics, hair care, jewelry, clothes and shoes to make women more beautiful must challenge the...