Category: Inspiration and hope
Aayan Hirsi Ali, well-known atheist, becomes a Christian, gets criticized by Richard Dawkins.
November 24, 2023
Who is Aayan Hirsi Ali? Aayan was born in Somalia 54 years ago to a Muslim family. She speaks up for Muslim women against forced marriage, child marriage, honor killing, […]
What do Near-Death Experiences tell us – Part 2
September 18, 2023
Part 1 of this series ends with a list of what near-death experiences or NDEs have in common. This list was gleaned from a book by Lee Strobel called The […]
A Remarkable Story about Resilience – Jack Higgins, Australian Footballer.
July 10, 2023
Prescript: See free offer of FracMan book below. I heard several years ago that schools were emphasizing self-esteem in classrooms. Early praise, boosting morale, and encouraging kids to be creative. […]
Why is it so hard to apologize and forgive?
April 20, 2023
Fred and Susie. Let’s say Fred and Susie get into an argument because Susie is angry over something Fred did. Fred gets defensive. Susie says something that is deep and […]
What do Near-Death Experiences tell us – Part 1
April 7, 2023
Eben Alexander was a Harvard neurosurgeon. He was also an agnostic. “If you don’t have a working brain, you can’t be conscious,” he said. He added that when the machine […]
I was attacked by a chow.
March 25, 2023
Thirty-eight years ago, I walked into a pet store not to get a pet, but just to look. I looked into this kennel and there was this little black bear […]
A time of fear and a time of hope – the starting of 2023.
January 1, 2023
On New Years Eve, I talked with three people in two different western states about problems they were facing. One woman had taken chemo in the summer to treat two […]
Glimpses of Christmas.
December 11, 2022
I had an impacted wisdom tooth pulled on Friday, and a bad nite with pain. I suspected a reaction to the antibiotic that they gave me which I had never […]
Sennacherib’s stunning story told in Poem by Lord Byron and in Bible history.
November 6, 2022
In my last year of high school in Australia, I took an English class for a whole year. Poetry wasn’t my favorite thing but two different poems caught my attention […]
A sad tale about three strong women
August 30, 2022
My step-daughter Kim said recently, “I am blessed….really blessed. I just want to remember that when I encounter obstacles in life.” I agreed, and I said, “I feel fortunate to […]