verse4today: "Stand up in the presence of the elderly, and show respect for the aged" (Levitus 19:32).
Posted on 2012-02-22 via Twitter
It was a beautiful day for ice fishing. So, a couple Sundays ago, when Peter suggested we walk the "hard water," Mike and I both said "Let's go." A few hours later we were sitting on one of the many little lakes in the wonderful Cook County Forest Preserve system jigging wax worms with the hope of catching a few "gills." That afternoon we didn't catch many fish. In fact, the number of holes we cut through the … Read More …
I have heard all the quips about worry and anxiety, but they don’t seem to sink in. Worry is like a rocking chair; it will give you something to do but it won't get you anywhere. You can't change the past, but you can ruin a perfectly good present by worrying about the future. Half of the things we worry about never happen, and the other half will happen anyway—so why worry? Worry reminds me of a … Read More …
I never wanted to be one of those guys, one of the guys people look at it and say “There’s a Christian!” You know what I am talking about. I am willing to bet that once in your life you looked at a person walking down the street and you said, “There’s a Mormon!” So it felt good to come face to face with Jesus’ teaching about public displays of piety. In his “Sermon on the … Read More …