Category Archives: Personal Ponderings

This is an excerpt from John MacArthur’s book, Hard to Believe: “A missionary whose story has influenced my life greatly is a man…named Henry Martyn. After a long and difficult life of Christian service in India, he announced he was … Continue reading →

There are those days when, driving home from work, I’m not really sure if it was a successful day or not. I didn’t really check anything off my to-do list; I actually laughed when my students were goofing around; I … Continue reading →

“Since it is so likely that [children] will meet cruel enemies, let them at least have heard of brave knights and heroic courage. Otherwise you are making their destiny not brighter but darker.” (C.S. Lewis) I am a reader. Ever … Continue reading →

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Our little state is preparing for the invasion of the APEC conference.  As we struggle to with the surging homeless population, the countless stray animals, the brutal cutbacks in education, and the merciless traffic, our president demands the tightest security … Continue reading →

Last week there was a video on AOL News of a two-year old Chinese girl being run over by two different vans, while at least a dozen people passed by, completely ignoring her flailing, dying form. Eventually someone informed her … Continue reading →

I have a little story to share: Once upon a time there was a neighborhood with several children residing in it. Jimmy was an industrious little boy who wanted to earn a few dollars  and he experimented with a variety … Continue reading →

Loss, on a varying scale, is a daily occurrence in the routine of mankind. In a single day we can hear of everything from deaths in the thousands because of a natural disaster to the discovery of the body of a … Continue reading →