Every culture enjoys telling parables – short stories with a lesson. My mother always said, “Even a frog gets into trouble by crocking”...

Recently, a friend told me he fasts intermittently to lose weight. Nearly twenty years ago, another friend in India visited me on a...

In 1789, Benjamin Franklin wrote to his friend, Jean-Baptiste Le Roy, a French inventor, “Our new Constitution is now established, and...

Before the covid pandemic, The Last Ship, a television series, ran for five seasons. Its premise was that 80% of the world’s population...

Regie was one of my closest friends in high school (post-secondary). He and I spend most evenings and all weekends together. We loved...

I love fishing, although I don’t get to do it often. When I catch a fish, I want to eat it. I don’t like catching and releasing fish...

Institutions, companies, organizations, mission organizations, and churches have mission and vision statements. I find the distinction...

Qur’an describes Jesus as the Anointed or Messiah (al-Masīḥ), a prophet, born of a virgin, did miracles, and was miraculously saved by...

Modern science tells us that fever is a temporary increase in body temperature because of our bodies fighting infections. It is a symptom...

With the changes in Presidents, the White House often changes the plates served at State dinners and for the President’s use. President...

Gary Larson, the American cartoonist famous for The Far Side, sometimes referred to Bible stories. In one cartoon, he illustrated “Moses...

Once heavy rain flooded a town, everyone fled by cars, buses, boats, and helicopters to escape drowning. A religious man waited for God...

Monsignor Robert Hugh Benson (1871-1914) was the youngest son of Edward White Benson, Archbishop of Canterbury. In 1907, he published a...

We are familiar with the phrase, “Some eat to live; others live to eat.” Apostle Paul phrased it as, “Food for Stomach, Stomach for Food”...

12 Mighty Orphans is a non-fictional movie based on the book by Jim Dent. It’s about an orphanage in Fort Worth, Texas, that valued the...

In my people group, the Tamils, first cousins marry. But it must be the mother’s brother’s children and not the father’s brother’s...

2000–2006, we lived in Ooty, a hill station in India. Our house was in a remote area, and our closest neighbor was a farmer, Boraiya. He...

One of my teachers, Thomas Constable, said that people wash their cars’ windshields and drive at night, patting themselves on what a...

On Father’s Day this year, our church in Maui had “Fathers/Men Jokes.” I only remember two of them. What was Boaz before he married Ruth?...

Opening the door, giving handshakes or hugs, and saying, “Come on in,” concludes the opening ceremonies in most Western homes. In...