Why is it called Good Friday? It wasn’t good for JESUS. He had been up all night after praying in such anguish that drops of blood fell from his brow and then He was arrested and taken before the High Priest. He was questioned, mocked and accused by the religious leaders and slapped by a […]

Another one of those headlines you don’t want to see was all over the internet. A man walked into a crowded store and shot helpless shoppers, killing ten people, including the first responding Policeman. How could this have happened again? The usual list of politicians and gun control advocates were quick with their demands for

     The world has been watching with horror and amazement as the Kilauea volcano erupts in Hawaii.  Though it has been erupting since 1983, with social media, its power has been on full display.  Every day we see pictures and video of molten lava spewing into the air or flowing across the tropical landscape to

     As I watched the aftermath of another school shooting, it made me wonder.  What if that teenager had been taught to love one another?  Would it have made a difference if “Thou shall not kill” was hanging on the wall of his classroom and he was taught the reasons why?  Perhaps he would have

     I scanned through our community newspaper and noticed an obituary for an elderly lady.  Since she was part of our community, I read through the notice to see who she was and what she had done.  It was a standard list of where she was born, what school she attended, where she had worked,