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At the Devil’s Hour, the three o’clock nighttime that sharpens and heightens our deepest trepidations, the time when our perturbations possess us, when our forebodings are most fearful, the time

Soli Deo Gloria, a Latin term for Glory to God alone, was used by artists Johann Sebastian Bach, George Frideric Handel, and others to signify that their work was produced

In Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, Alice asks the Cheshire Cat, “Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to walk from here? The Cheshire Cat responds, “That depends

As a young adult, the Russian novelist, Fyodor Dostoevsky, arrested for treasonous acts against Tsar Nicholas I, was sentenced to death. Blindfolded, robed in white burial shroud, he was tied

Happiness Unhappiness Joy Red Lamborghini Totaled Corvette with a $15,000 unpaid note A walk in the park Corner office in Petronas Towers Windowless basement office Contentment in all things Night

If I were humble: I would know that God’s loving kindness is not based on my worldly achievements.  Instead of thinking about my selfish desires I would focus on God’s

When someone asks me for a one sentence description of Christianity I answer in this way:  Christianity acknowledges that God’s grace through his son Jesus Christ has forgiven the sins

 We hear the word “postmodern” circulating in cyberspace. What is postmodern? In my view it is a philosophy that is about as useful as a dead plant. Here are the

Here is a photo of 73-year old Vicki stepping out of her comfort zone, learning to play the guitar.  Many of us seem petrified about doing something differently: changing our

A couple of weeks ago I posted on Facebook that my 96-year old mother continued to thrive. Responses by the dozens flooded back. All remembered her kindness, cheer and encouragement.

In 1637 Pierre de Fermat wrote in the margin of Diophantus’s Arithmetica the statement that would puzzle some of the world’s greatest mathematicians for over three centuries: It is impossible to write

Oskar Schindler was a drunk, a spy, a libertine and a member of the Nazi Party when he acquired the German Enamelware Factory that eventually employed 1,750 workers, a thousand