Faded, crumpled, shriveled seeds which now seem dead, will soon, under ‘June’s magic kiss,’ burst forth into beautiful flowers and gardens. In the last line the poet has us imagine how we are able to hold in our hand the seeds that could grow a whole forest– ‘in my hand a forest lies asleep.’ The […]
3190) A Garden Sleeping in My Hand Read More »
My wife and I never made a big deal about Santa Claus when our two children were small, so it wasn’t surprising when our son figured it out pretty early in life. “Dad,” he said, “I think Mom is the one who buys all our Christmas presents and not Santa Claus.” I congratulated
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“Science Increasingly Makes the Case for God”; an article by Eric Metaxas , December 25, 2014, Wall Street Journal ——————————————– In 1966 Time magazine ran a cover story asking: “Is God Dead?” Many have accepted the cultural narrative that He’s obsolete—that as science progresses, there is less need for a “God” to explain
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In three previous meditations I have expressed my enthusiasm for and appreciation of The John 10:10 Project ( https://thejohn1010project.com/ ). I hope you have taken the time to view some of their 200 wonderful videos. They specializing in portraying the wonders of God’s amazing creation, but they explore other subjects as well. All
3101) Visualizing Christmas Read More »
You are able to read these words because you are connected to the World Wide Web. Three-fourths of the world’s people are. Therefore, you have the capability to contact any of these six billion people, anywhere in the world, in seconds, and communicate with them. That is, of course, only one of the
3059) The Wood Wide Web Read More »
By John Stonestreet, August 31,2015 Blog at: www.breakpoint.org Standing on the porch of a locked house, rookie homicide investigator J. Warner Wallace peered into the living room. He could see a man on the floor in a pool of blood, gun by his side. Now the question he had to answer: Was this
3013) A Detective Examines the Evidence for God Read More »
My wife does not like spiders. In fact, she is so against spiders, that she does not even allow them in our house. Whenever she sees a cobweb, she whisks it away with her extendable ceiling duster. But what she does not realize is that every time she removes a spider’s web,
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Psalm 77:18 (King James Version) — The voice of thy thunder was in the heaven: the lightnings lightened the world: the earth trembled and shook. ******************************** In that wonderful hymn “How Great Thou Art” we sing “I hear the rolling thunder, Thy power throughout the universe displayed.” While most of us want to be in
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Georgia preacher Fred Craddock describes how his ancestors used to go out walking, usually on a Sunday afternoon back when the stores were closed that day; and they called it “going marveling.” Marveling. They would look for unusual rocks, pretty little wild flowers, shells, four-leafed clovers, brightly colored bird feathers, maybe even a
The Nikon Small World in Motion competition brings together talented microscopists from all over the world. What they have been able to capture will likely astound you, even though sometimes what you’re seeing is pond scum. This video is from the Scientific American website (watch 0:00 – 2:30). ————————————– ————————————- When the Psalmist wanted to express
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