We don’t do it very often anymore, but there was a time when my children were younger when they often asked if we could play a game of “Hide and Seek.” There was just something exciting about finding a place somewhere in the house, or even the yard, to take cover and try to remain hidden from [...]
When I was young my family moved a lot. And by a lot, I mean A LOT! My father’s job required us to relocate often, so much so, that by the time I got to my freshman year, I had already attended 11 different schools in 3 different states. I remember well the effect that [...]
Well, that sure sounds like an oxymoron, doesn’t it? How many of us would use the word divine to describe discipline, even remotely? As I think back upon my childhood and the times my parents, especially my father, disciplined me, I wouldn’t consider those scrapbook moments! They typically involved verbal reproof and physical pain in [...]
Though he was God, he did not think of equality with God as something to cling to. Instead, he gave up his divine privileges; he took the humble position of a slave and was born as a human being. When he appeared in human form, he humbled himself in obedience to God and died a [...]
In the late 1960′s, before I was born mind you, there was a popular television series called, “Lost in Space.” It focused on a family, the Robinsons, and was actually an adaptation of the novel Swiss Family Robinson! The plot revolved around the astronaut family setting out to populate Alpha Centauri from an overpopulated Earth. [...]
