An analemma is the result of a year-long series of photographs of the sun, taken one week apart at exactly the same minute every week. A certain day and a specific time must be set aside each week for one whole year to take each shot and the process cannot be...
A friend was asked to give his ‘testimony’ to a group of people. If you are asked to give such a statement it is usually because you are highly respected for some quality you have displayed. It is a witness statement about one’s self so it is very revealing and very...
A stranger was talking and this is what he said: "I rescued you from a filthy prison and dragged you through the sea to wash away the lies you lived on. I was the only one who did that so don’t go looking for any other rescuer. I am not an imaginary image of an...
We both used the same word but we each meant something entirely different by it. It is a word that is often used the way he used it, but in my mind it could never mean what he wanted it to mean. So we called in the dictionaries. I confronted him with two dictionaries...
I opened the catalogue that is posted to me every few weeks and was mesmerized by the array of different Bibles. There were Bibles for men so I could not read them because I’m not. There were Bibles for surfers but I am a strictly land-dwelling species to I could not...
Last week, in Written on the Heart, Part 1, we saw that we are called to take a spiritual walk that may lead us into danger, and we must be prepared, as the Train Driver is, on every journey. But how do we become "prepared"? When my Father spoke, I listened and now,...
We straightened our aching backs and rubbed the soil from our hands. Making the new garden was hard work and as yet, our loving imagination had to work overtime to begin to see its glorious future. It wasn’t much bigger than the proverbial pocket handkerchief but on...
‘When the people assembled Pilate said to them, ‘Which would you like me to release to you – Jesus Barabbas, or Jesus called Messiah?" Mathew 27:17 It was high festival time and the governor would release one prisoner from sentence. He would release whomever the crowd...
You have been separated from your Father ever since you were born and now you get word from far away that you are to inherit a beautiful home from him. You receive a description of the house and the gardens and a broad idea of the location. There are directions about...
How much evidence do you need to prove a fact? Put the emphasis on the word, ‘you’, and read the question again and you will be surprised at the answer. Most people seem to believe that black holes exist in the universe. These holes are said to be so dense that...