A visitor, who was doing a special puppet presentation for the fun day at Vacation Bible School, presented one of Aesop’s fables. He tied it in the verse, Ephesians 4:32 – And be ye kind one to another. When he finished, he tried to recap the lesson with the three-year-olds. “We learned to be kind, […]
My trip to the Holy Land was filled with tears and laughter. Our group was much inspired by the holy places and greatly amused by our group’s antics. Last month, I shared some of the more inspiring sites and happenings, with the promise of writing about some of the lighter moments this month. Of course, […]
“Thanks, Barbara. Don’t we all wish we could erase half a century from our face!” “Oh, no. Life has been too complicated to want to erase even one flaw. Those wrinkles are like a soldier’s stripes. I’ve earned every one of them. I can almost name my wrinkles according to their cause and remember the […]
“You mean those words we repeated during our wedding ceremony are for real? Surely we aren’t supposed to be tied to them, are we?” I’m afraid this permeates the attitude of many couples today. Months of planning go into weddings; vast amounts of money are spent, but for many couples the vows repeated mean nothing. […]
February brings on thoughts of love. Valentine’s Day was fun when I was a mere school girl. Although the teacher insisted that if we brought anyone a Valentine, we should bring one for everyone in the class so nobody would be left out. In spite of that, we always looked for that special one. Although […]