In an instant—less than a second, in the flash of lightning, life can change. And then life is never the same. My friend Ronnie Lindsey was struck by lightning. Ronnie is an electrician and had just completed a job for his company, Lanham Refrigeration Heating and Air Conditioning. As he was leaving, the person who …
I had heard the complaint before in other places, at other times. “I struggle with wanting my child to participate in summer little league baseball and still have time for our family events, not to mention participation in church,” the concerned mother told me over the phone. “It just seems like we can’t do it …
“Hot Town, Summer in the City” David B. Whitlock, Ph.D. It’s hot. We are in the middle of the hottest summer since they started keeping records in 1880. And to think that only a few months ago we were complaining about the cold weather. We tramped out of an unusually cold winter only to find …
What do you do with Lindsay Lohan? Lock her up and throw away the key? Laugh? Shake your head in disgust? How about looking yourself in the mirror and making sure the person you see is the person you really are? Maybe there is more of Lindsay in us than we would like to believe. …
Wearing rosary beads has become fashionable, among gangs. That’s right. Gangs are wearing rosaries— beads grouped in series of tens, attached to a crucifix. For hundreds of years rosaries have been a helpful means of prayer for many Christians. But the gangs are using them for something other than prayer. “It’s become part of the …