4 to 1

Once upon a time there was a rich King who had four wives. He loved the 4th wife the most and adorned her with rich robes and treated her to the finest of delicacies. He gave her nothing but the best. He also loved the 3rd wife very much and was always showing her off...

Soul sleep

I was reading 1 Thessalonians, and it presents a concept that seems puzzling. We are told in the Bible that “to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord,” and Jesus said to the thief on the cross, “this day you will be in paradise with...

Slip in sideways

My doctor diagnosed me with non-alcoholic cirrhosis. It is not caused from drinking alcohol, but is even more dangerous. There’s no cure. Apparently, it permeates the healthy cells of the liver and wreaks all kinds of havoc. The liver controls, some 4000 bodily...

Talking to God on the Computer

A couple of years back I was recording Words for the Day for the audio feature and my radio segment and unbeknownst to me my little granddaughter had gotten up early and come downstairs and overheard me recording it. Later she reported to her mother that, “Papaw...

Will we make it?

I went hunting last week and harvested a couple of does. I saw two big bucks later that week but let them live for another day because even though they were big, they weren’t quite big enough to harvest. The first one that appeared had a large high rack, but it...