“The Opposing Thumb Guy”

ake a good look. It’s always there, part of a healthy, whole hand. Hold up your hand and you’ll see it. The one digit that is pointing the opposite of the other four fingers, every time. Oh yeah, you can force it to go along with all the others, but you do have to work at it.

Thinking Out Loud

A little girl born to a famous cowboy actor and singer named Roy Rogers and his wife, Dale Evans. Both parents were devout Christians. The story of Roy’s conversion was printed in the March 1953 issue of Guideposts magazine. Much of the following material is from that article.

Family Discussions

I get much enjoyment out of watching my one-year old striped gray tabby cat chase the leaves during the fall and winter weather. When we first got him last spring, he chased anything that moved, and learned to catch grasshoppers (and eat them....good protein!), and chase strings, twigs and grass.

Back in the day

A big city school boy describes a cow something like this........A cow is a completely automatic milk manufacturing machine. It is encased in untanned leather and mounted on four vertical, moveable supports, one on each corner.

What Is God Like?

He had a good-paying job, a decent home, a cool truck, and all his physical needs well met. What’s better than this?Having everything that this life offers can still make you unhappy and empty. What’s better?Rich and famous celebrities often turn to God as they age.

What Is God Like?

When the young man first learned about Jesus, he couldn't fully understand or appreciate what God was like, and what He’d done for him. He didn’t know how God could love him after all the terrible sins he’d committed, even denying God’s existence.No one can fully understand God.

Thinking Out Loud

After Stephanie's 13-year-old son Eric died of Ewing’s sarcoma in 2004, she was lost in a sea of grief. Her days were long, unstructured, monotonous. She barely left her home.

Along the road

The young man walked slowly along the highway. He carried a backpack which was loaded with what could have been all his possessions. Although it was morning, sweat was already trickling down his face. The hot summer sun created shimmers on the highway ahead of him.

The Frustration of Not Knowing What To Write or Say

The Frustration of Not Knowing What To Write or SaySomeone close to you is trying to cope with a death in the family. Your pen is poised to write a warm personal note inside a carefully chosen sympathy card. But your brain freezes. Your mind is more sterile than a modern day operating room.

“Never, Never, Never Give Up”

Have you ever watched a volleyball game and witnessed an entire team suddenly duck under the net and join the other team? Gasping for a breath of hope that isn’t there, they had finally thrown up their hands in despair and crossed to the other side of the net.