Have you noticed how holidays end up becoming something other than originally intended? Pick one, and think about it. How about Thanksgiving. For how many Americans is the fourth Thursday of November set aside to give thanks to God for the blessings of the past year—life, health, provision, protection…? How…
Spring, finally, has sprung. Two weeks ago, it seemed as if it’d never get here! The last couple of months have been cooler than normal, and I believe cloudier, too. Tree buds opened late. Flowers have delayed their blooming. Garden planting has been put off. I’ve only mowed the lawn…
I had a good mom. A really good mom. So good, in fact, I didn’t know how good she was until years after I was out of the home with young adult kids of my own. As I watched the kids and their moms at church last Sunday—Mother’s Day—it occurred…
Should you find yourself at the visitor’s center in Amicalola Falls State Park in Dawsonville, Georgia, it may seem quite odd that just outside the building hangs a scale from one of the support beams. Then again, if you’re at that particular park, you would likely be aware that it’s…
