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This beautiful truck won first prize at a local classic car show. Not just because of the impressive exterior, or the great paint job or even those snazzy wheels. It won because of the engine, its components, the way it was built, the clean look and its performance....
Anyone from a French culture knows exactly what is meant by the word, "Carnaval", or "Carnival", as we write it in English. Depending upon where Carnival is being celebrated, this could mean anywhere from three days to seven weeks of celebration, celebrations always...
"While Jesus was in Bethany, reclining at the table in the home of Simon the Leper, a woman came with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume, made of pure nard. She broke the jar and poured the perfume on his head." (Mark 14:3 NIV) Every woman loves to receive...
"When one of you says, 'I am a follower of Paul,' and another says, 'I preferApollos,' aren't you acting like those who are not Christians? Who is Apollos, and who is Paul, that we should be the cause of suh quarrels? Why, we're only servants. Through us God aused you...
It was truly an adventure to walk the roads in Grenada. Sidewalks were rare, even in the towns, and the roads were hilly, narrow and winding. Because we were staying outside of the main town of St. Georges, and because our primary mode of transportation was the local...
I settled in the seat beside my son, Jeff. We waited with anticipation in the large theatre. The movie, "Son of God" was about to begin. This is the life! I thought, grinning like a kid with a super cool toy. Nothing like this has ever been available before...and...
Dear Friends in our series titled "Centrality of the Cross", today we cast our spotlight on other related subject which underscores the significance of the Cross in God's redemption plan... Condition and Conduct... The penalty of the Cross, which requires that the...
Dear Friends, in the penultimate part of our series titled "Centrality of the Cross", today we focus on yet another subject which substantiates the fact as to how Cross was central to God's redemptive plan... Of Cloth and Cleric... Now our Saviour is a glorified high...
Dear Friends, in the concluding part of our series titled "Centrality of the Cross", today let's focus on two "Trees" in human history... Cause and Counter... First things first! For the uninitiated, let me unravel the full meaning of the phrase, "turning the...
During a recent trip, I held the arm of the flight attendant guiding me to my seat inside the airplane. "Here's your seat, Mrs. Eckles," she said. Not the bulkhead seat! After I settled in, I realized that, ugh! I was in the "bulkhead" seat. That meant there was no...
I don't know for sure why the tops of all the trees in the Northern-most corner of the island of Guadeloupe are all pointing west. I am sure, however, that somehow or another, it is related to wind. Maybe this happened as a result of the last hurricane to strike the...
(Written Mid-May) Spring is finally here. I'm not a big gardener, but I do like to plant spring flowers to decorate the front of my house. And so today I began to dig into the dirt and plant the pretty annuals that I bought. The longer I dug and sifted and mixed that...
It grows and grows, doesn't it? The love for our grandkids, that is. It brings out the silly side in us. And also creates the loveliest of memories. Back when my granddaughter was 18 months old, our family spent the weekend in a condo on the beach. She had woken up...