On June 12, 1987 President Ronald Reagan presented a speech in Berlin, West Germany. Speaking near the Brandenburg Gate of the infamous Berlin Wall, President Reagan offered the now-famous line, addressed to Mikhail Gorbachev of the Soviet Union, Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate. Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall! As I remember, and admittedly my […]
You might recognize the name of John Merrick, who died in London in 1890 at the age of only 26. He suffered from a disease called neurofibromatosis, which is a disease that caused him to be greatly disfigured, and gave him the unfortunate name of the elephant man. The story of his life was made […]
Last Sunday we began a series of messages titled Life Lessons On Faith. The messages are based on some of the things I have learned over the years about both life and faith, from my own experience and from the experience of others. Our topic today is Remembering. I believe that in the stressful, crazy […]
This morning we begin a series of messages titled Life Lessons On Faith. The messages will cover some of the things I have learned over the years about both life and faith, from my own experience and from the experience of others. The genesis of this series came when I attended Wayne Bell’s memorial service […]
On May 7th I will begin a series of messages titled Life Lessons On Faith. The messages will cover some of the things I have learned over the years about both life and faith, from my own experience and from the experience of others. I love to ski. Snow skiing or water skiing, I love […]
Several days ago an interesting link to a news article popped up on my phone. The title of the article, The Dark Side of Being Rich, intrigued me. My first reaction was to wonder, wait, what? There’s a dark side to being rich? (Since reading the article I have been unable to find the link […]
I love Easter. I don’t love Easter simply because all of the candy, which keeps appearing at my office door in a plot, I suspect, to put me in a sugar coma. I don’t love Easter simply because of all the nice outfits, although I must say that from where I stand you all look […]
Emilie Gossiaux, has been called the Helen Keller of the art world. In 2007, she was accepted into Manhattan’s Cooper Union School of Art, where she hoped to further her dream of becoming an artist. But on October 8, 2010, Emilie was struck by a semi-truck as she bicycled to an art studio where she […]
I was thinking about labels recently, and it had me wondering about a football player who has long been remembered because of running the wrong way during a game. I couldn’t remember all the information so, of course, I went to Google to search for information. Roy Riegels earned the nickname of Wrong Way Roy […]
Today’s message is the third message I worked on this week. The first two just didn’t seem to mesh with what I was sensing from many people, including myself. In recent days I have heard many people express how they feel overwhelmed with stress, anxiety, and exhaustion. In the words of several, they had hit […]
