Bath Time!
When I was young bath time was an exciting time of imaginative adventure – especially when mom let me do the “bubble bath”. I would gather boats of all shapes and sizes, with as many toy soldiers and military vehicles …
Author: Pastor Dave
Signs of Wear
Many people have two sets of silverware or plates, one for company and special occasions and another for common or everyday uses. I can understand the necessity of such an arrangement. Almost anything that gets used daily begins to lose …
Follow the Leader
As kids, my brother and I and our neighborhood friends would occasionally engage in a lively game of Follow the Leader. The goal was for the Leader to try to lead the group through a variety of actions. The idea …
MidAmerican Energy
When my family ministered and lived in Iowa for a number of years our electricity and natural gas were provided by a company named MidAmerican Energy. I was always intrigued and impressed by their slogan, “Obsessively, relentlessly at your service.” …
Babe, The Pig
One of the cute movies we used to enjoy watching with the kids was called, “Babe, the Pig”. It was a humorous tale about farm animals learning to “keep their place” and the two rebellious animals who were always trying …
Too Many Choices
A speaker during a regional conference was waxing eloquent as he sought to assess the reasons that society had taken such a drastic change in morals and attitudes over the past 30 years. His light-hearted but poignant conclusion was that …
A Culture
A culture is defined in the dictionary as the set of predominating attitudes and behaviors that characterize a group or organization. Societies, families, and churches have a culture. They all display a set of attitudes and behaviors that are acceptable …
Silence Is Golden
The old adage “Silence is Golden” is usually quoted when we are overwhelmed by the seemingly unending chatter of someone who is talking way too much, when all we would like is just some peace and quiet. The culprit is …
An Old Vaudeville Joke
There was an old Vaudeville joke that my grandfather loved to repeat. It went something like this; Patient; “Doctor, doctor, it hurts when I do this.” Doctor; “Then stop doing it!” I realize how corny that old routine sounds, but …
A Reason For Life
Most people seem to approach life as if it were a series of random, unrelated events that have no real purpose and are connected only because of the common thread of experience. Years of indoctrination by the philosophy behind Darwinian …