Shaking up our roots

Story of the day:  Shaking up our roots
You have probably heard me say before that not too many people like change.  Change can be difficult, especially once we have gotten “comfortable” where we are.  It becomes easier to stay than to move.  I found a riveting story that Jan Riggenbach wrote about.  She says,
Giving new [...]

Are you Sodium, Chloride, or both?

Story of the day:  Are you Sodium, Chloride, or both?
Chemicals by themselves can be dangerous by themselves.  But when mixed with other chemicals, can be used for our common every day living.  Take Sodium for instance,
Sodium is an extremely active element found naturally only in combined form; it always links itself to another element.  Chlorine, on the [...]

Everything changed

Story and Quote of the day:  Everything changed
Campus Life magazine told the conversion story of singer Kathy Troccoli.  She grew up with an overprotective mother, and as Kathy got older, she rebelled, abusing alcohol and suffering eating disorders.
Says Kathy, “Maybe you’ve heard the phrase, ‘We are as sick as our secrets.’ I was real sick.”
While [...]

Funny Friday Quote: You’re next!

Funny Friday Quote:  You’re next! (Author Unknown)
When I was younger, I hated going to weddings.  Invariably, after the wedding and during the reception, my grandmothers, my aunts, and any other female relatives would come up to me and poke me in the ribs, cackling, “You’re next.”
They finally stopped after I started doing the same thing [...]

Fighting the good fight

Story of the day:  fighting the good fight
In the book Healing the Masculine Soul, Gordon Dalbey says:
When Jesus refers to the Holy Spirit as the Helper, He uses a Greek word, Paraclete, that was an ancient warrior’s term.
Greek soldiers went into battle in pairs, so when the enemy attacked, they could draw together back-to-back, covering [...]

Getting dirty, requires getting in the dirt.

Story of the day:  Getting dirty, requires getting in the dirt.
I love to work in the yard.  There’s something about putting your hands into the dirt that truly signifies something beautiful growing in and out of something that can leave you looking worn and tattered.  Have you ever planted your seed into the ground, covered [...]

Turn them loose

Story of the day:  Turn them loose
Charles Simpson, in Pastoral Renewal writes:
I met a young man not long ago who dives for exotic fish for aquariums.  He said one of the most popular aquarium fish is the shark.  He explained that if you catch a small shark and confine it, it will stay a size [...]

Trouble Tree

Story of the day:  Trouble Tree 
There is a story told about a carpenter who was hired to help restore an old farmhouse.  He had a rough first day on the job.  A flat tire had made him lose an hour of work, his electric saw quit, and now his ancient pickup refused to start.
As he rode home [...]

Funny Friday Quote: He was yelling!

Funny Friday Quote:  He was yelling!
A man was in the waiting room of the doctor’s office when he was startled by someone loudly yelling.  Listening closely, he heard, “Typhoid!  Tetanus!  Measles!”  The man immediately went up to the receptionist and asked her what was going on. 
“Oh, that,” she replied.  “It’s just the doctor.  He likes [...]

You will meet many people

Story of the day:  You will meet many people
In Guideposts Joann C. Jones writes:
During my second year of nursing school our professor gave us a pop quiz.  I breezed through the questions until I read the last one:  “What is the name of the woman who cleans the school?” 
Surely this was some kind of joke.  [...]