The Holey Brolly
On June 30, 1973, I married my high-school sweetheart. We were privileged to spend our honeymoon in Britain. The ancient city of York was on our itinerary, founded by the Romans in 71 AD. We were there to meet a retired...
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A World Of Difference
The world is up for grabs. Is China the next superpower? Will international cartels run the show? Maybe the machines will take over! Despots have always dreamed of worldwide conquest. The Assyrians under Nebuchadnezzar, the first true military superpower, stretched from...
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You Never Know
This past Saturday was to be a big race at Charlotte Motor Speedway for Kyle Busch. The winningest driver in NASCAR history was preparing for it not by hurtling down a track at breakneck speed but by sitting in a racing...
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I Just Don’t Get It
I’ve got it, but I still don’t get it. What have I got? Salvation from all my sins — past, present, and future. (Acts 13:38-39) A home in heaven when I die. (John 14:2-3) Jesus as my traveling companion through life....
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OKAY?
The Lord blessed my wife and I with seven children. It’s easy enough to talk theoretically about how many children we’d like to have, as if selecting what size caffè latte I need to jump-start my morning. But once we have...
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How Much For Jesus?
Here’s one of life’s ironies. On November 15, 2017, Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud purchased Leonardo da Vinci’s painting titled “Salvator Mundi” for a record-breaking $450.3 million. Why ironic? The world’s most expensive painting, owned at various...
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Oil Crisis?
If you read my column, you know I’m not talking politics. I like God’s unchanging truth, not the fickle fortunes of men. Petroleum isn’t the only kind of oil in the world, after all. A thousand years before Christ, David penned the...
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Double Exposure
It was quite the day when my dad, just home from the war, was able to purchase a Kodak Brownie movie camera. In a previous column I told how royalty visited our hometown in those days. To top it off, my...
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Say It Now
In the autumn of 1860, with war looming, America was in turmoil. Many Wisconsin residents had journeyed to Chicago for a Stephen A. Douglas rally to consider the issues of the day. Just before midnight on September 7, a palatial side-wheel...
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