Category: Inspiration and hope
Build a Better Brain at Any Age plus Practical Tips to Offset Dementia
July 26, 2022
I picked up a book in Costco called Keep Sharp by Sanjay Gupta, who is a brain surgeon. Written in 2021, the book is about brain functioning and how to […]
Where can we find authentic Christian faith? In a church service? In an Amazon-Prime Series?
June 4, 2022
I’ve been interested in spiritual experience since I was a young man and became a Jesus follower. I’ve been interested in authentic spiritual experience ever since. So last week I […]
Signs of depression and helpful ways to deal with it.
May 3, 2022
Some people have shared with me how lonely and depressed they have been during and after the Covid pandemic. Symptoms included physical ailments as well. The following article I wrote […]
The war in Ukraine: How it started and how it will likely end.
March 29, 2022
Russia launched an invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022. But they have failed to capture any major cities. Near the end of March 2022, Ukraine is entering the second […]
Twenty-one scientists dig up evidence from 3,600 years ago for the city of Sodom — and how it was destroyed by a meteor.
February 25, 2022
Original study. In 2013 a book called Discovering the City of Sodom told the story about an archeologist from Albuquerque who dug up Tall el-Hammam, a prominent geographical mound in […]
Is it possible to be good, without doing any good?
February 5, 2022
What Andy Stanley said.I listened to Andy Stanley last Sunday and was jolted by an interpretation he gave on Jesus’ teaching. Stanley is a remarkable apologist. Jesus tangled often with […]
The first monkey in space – a true story – and a children’s book that made me cry.
November 6, 2021
Independence, Kansas is where she called home. Her habitat was an island with a castle, this much was known. Miss Able is a rhesus monkey born in Independence, Kansas in […]
How to have non-judgmental conversations
September 12, 2021
Recently, I talked separately with a few people who surprised me with their positions — positions which did not make very much sense to me. I wanted to react. I […]
Yogi Berra and other coaches’ sayings – a good laugh.
August 24, 2021
While in Australia, I gave a graduation address at my old high school. A little town of only 1500 people, it’s a center for farming — wheat and sheep. I […]