What do you do when you are in your late 50s, lost your home, lost your income, lost the fight you've been in for the last four years, and you still have to take care of your arthritic wife who is wheel-chair bound?  Listen to this true and encouraging story of courage, compassion, mercy, reconciliation, and wisdom from American history.  

I've gone to several evangelical Protestant churches in the past year, mostly because I am searching for one to attend regularly.  Here are a few observations about what I've found recently.  

In the past year I have heard a number of pastors preach sermons.  Some really connect with their flock and leave a message that impacts the heart.  Others don't.  What is a "missing ingredient" in some of these messages?  Here are just a few musings from a retired preacher.

The amazing life of Chamberlain continues to the trenches around Petersburg.  What would you do if you were shot through both hips while leading a charge of thousands of men?  Listen to what Chamberlain did, and be inspired!  

I really believe in giving our kids real flesh and blood heroes.  Here is an American hero we can all be proud of.  When the chips were down, and no one was coming to rescue them, Chamberlain did the right thing, the courageous thing. 

How well do you know George Washington?  He was not the "marble man" staring at you from the one dollar bill.  He was a man of enormous courage, faith, and perseverance.  Listen to these two episodes from his life in 1776, and be encouraged by lessons we can learn from his life!

What do 2 Chronicles 20:12 and the Story of Dunkirk have in common?  Tune in and find out (and be encouraged today)!

If you want to challenge your thinking, strengthen your mind, expand your vocabulary and your horizons, read widely!  Here is a good list of some good reads to feed and train your brain!!

To feed your mind great thoughts, we really need to know the great thoughts of the Reformation and the Enlightenment era...whether we agree with them or not.  Enjoy this short list of great literature (which still effects our world today).  

Western Civilization did not just pop up out of the ground one day 200 years ago.  The seeds were germinating in the 1000 year period between the fall of Rome and the beginnings of America.  Dr. J provides a short reading list to understand what people were experiencing and thinking back then, and how their thoughts are still impacting us today!