Chris and Ems Johnsen of Christian Art Distributors flew Karen Watson, Rick and I to Port Elizabeth, where they rented a van and we drove an hour to the bushveld of Shamwari. Oh, my, we saw giraffes in the distance! I didn’t expect to see animals so soon. In fact, I thought we would be …
“Is there any pleasure on earth as great as a circle of Christian friends by a good fire?”
Seeing South Africa has been a dream of mine for a long time. Rick has been there three times, always on business, and never saw more than the airport, scenery flashing by a taxi window and the inside of a hotel. When we received an invitation from Chris Johnson at Christian Art Distributors to come …
“Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of His might. Put on the full armor of God, that you may be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil.”
Five minutes of watching a news program or reading a newspaper and one thing pops out about people. Americans are drunk on worry. The list of what we fear is long and varied: climate change, illegal immigrants coming over the borders, terrorist cells popping up like tares among the wheat. We worry about the rising …
“Life is not so short but that there is time for courtesy.”
I’m having trouble watching the news these days. I am so tired of men and women commentators trying to talk over each other. Interrupting someone used to be considered rude; now it’s the name of the game. Each side is so busy trying to get their viewpoint across they never hear what the other side …
“All things bright and beautiful, all creatures great and small, all things wise and wonderful, the Lord God made them all.”
Rick and I live in town. It takes five to ten minutes to drive to the supermarket, the mall, post office, bank and hospital (a nice thing to know with the march of time and years). One of the main boulevards people use to get from one side of town to the other is two …
“They (the people) replied, ‘You must show us a miraculous sign if you want us to believe in you. What will you do for us? After all, our ancestors ate manna while they journeyed through the wilderness! As the Scriptures say, ‘Moses gave them bread from heaven to eat.’ Jesus said, ‘I assure you, Moses …