I know two words that can strike fear and dread in most people: Waiting room. Nobody likes to wait.  Doesn’t matter where it is, at the doctors office, at work, at school, at home. We spend our lives hurrying from one appointment to another, just so someone can tell us “Please have a seat they […]

The Fall Genesis 3 420 feet.  About 40 stories.  That’s how tall the Top Thrill Dragster was when it opened in 2003.  It was the tallest roller coaster in the world.  But it wasn’t just tall, it was fast. The fastest in the world.  Instead of climbing up a steep incline to start like most […]

Genesis 1:1-3 Not all stories are created equally.  Any good newsman would know that. So when this man pitched a new show to his employer, they were all for it.  Beginning in the 1970’s his broadcast went out six days a week for more than 30 years.  Each week he told a familiar story, and […]

I Corinthians 12 Nose and Hand were sitting in the church pew talking. The morning service, led by Ear and Mouth, had just ended, and Hand was telling Nose that he and his family had decided to look for a different church. “Really?” Nose responded to Hand’s news. “Why?” “Oh, I don’t know,” Hand said, […]

Acts 2:42-47 Alfred Fielding and Marc Chavannes were given a task in 1957.  They were supposed to come up with a new kind of wallpaper, one that looked different and felt different.  The company wanted to make something that would appeal to the emerging Beat generation. So they looked for different types of materials, and […]

Tammy Harris had spent nearly a year looking for her biological mother.  All that time and effort had gotten her nowhere.  When Tammy was 2, the state took her and her two brothers away from their mother. They were evenutally adopted by separate families.  Their mother was an alchohlic who couldn’t control herself, and couldn’t […]

Ephesians 2:1-10 In July 1961  the 38 members of the Green Bay Packers stood together for the first day of training camp.  The last season ended in heartbreak when the team squandered a late lead and lost the NFL Championship to the Philadelphia Eagles. All off season the players had been thinking about this loss. […]

“So little done, so much to do.”  Those were some of the final words of British statesman and colonial leader Cecil Rhoades.  He had migrated from Britain to Africa for health reasons, and while there he made a fortune in gold and diamond mining.  He had accomplished great things, including giving his fortune and name […]

One of the jobs of all politicians is to socialize at events where they shake hands and say polite things to each other. But even for career politicians that gets old. The story is told of Franklin Roosevelt, who often endured long receiving lines at the White House. He often complained that no one was […]

Do you know the name James Clerk Maxwell?  Most of us use technology he developed every day, even if we don’t know it.  The first real color photograph was developed through the work of James Clerk Maxwell.  It involved using red, green, and blue filters to capture the light that came through the camera.  It’s […]