While living in Brussels, I often ran into language problems. Even though it’s a very international city, where most people know English; I found that I needed to learn a little bit of the local language. Most Belgians speak Flemish (Dutch), but I tried to learn a little French, since it was more common in […]

What if 150,000 people were taken away from this world yesterday? Would it get your attention? That is like losing the entire population of Killeen, Texas in one day. It would be an emergency on a scale we haven’t seen! I’m sure politicians would be looking for answers, instead of political infighting. The President would

I watched a news clip of a political debate where Presidential candidates were asked, “What would you do first if you win the election?” The candidates responded with predictable answers meant to gain support from special interest groups. Were their answers sincere? It’s hard to tell because they weren’t challenged. Most of the candidates have

I recently spent half a day helping at our Christian Academy. School is out for the summer, yet there is still a lot of work going on. Brother Bob took advantage of empty classrooms to strip tile floors and shampoo carpets. Brother Al and I worked with Brother Bob’s son, Caleb moving furniture and appliances

I got up early on Saturday to get some things done and the first sign of trouble was when I let the water run, but it didn’t warm up. We have a gas water heater, and something had shut it off. That happened before and I guessed I would have to relight it. It was