The disastrous floods that ravage various parts of the world each year remind us of the catastrophic deluge that God once used to destroy the earth in the days of Noah.

Perhaps the reason why Christmas time is "special" is because, for some reason or other, everything seems more intense at Christmas.

I remember Christmas disappointments; left-winger equipment instead of goalie equipment; toboggan instead of pool table... Anybody remember theirs? The problem many times as children is that we are not clear on what was promised.

In Psalm 6, David the king of Israel, goes through a range of emotions as he suffers from an undisclosed illness.

When our children were young, during the weeks preceding Christmas, I watched them as they counted down the days, hours, and minutes until that special moment when the "gifts" were opened.

As Christians, we eventually learn that there are always choices to make if you want to follow God's way. A thousand little decisions.

Many years ago I took a trip in one of our church vans. When the weather suddenly changed and it began to rain so hard that the windshield wipers couldn't keep up.

What does Paul mean when he says that we have been freed from sin; that we become slaves to righteousness?

Sometimes when we listen to the news and they talk about the number of people there are in the world and the magnitude of the problems, we feel rather insignificant.

In 1990 there was an unusual movie called "Awakenings" with Robert De Niro and Robin Williams. It was about a man who, for some reason, was in a coma for years and then suddenly came out of it for a while with the help of his doctor.