Ecstatic joy, tears and praise to God were among the mixed emotions and reactions from millions of Christians all over the world to the stunning news of American Pastor Saeed Abedini’s release from prison. The news was confirmed, Saturday, January 17, on “Religious Freedom Day”; Pastor Saeed Abedini was indeed freed! After 3 1/2 years […]
This New Year has already brought a renewed amount of violence, all within the first week. Who in their right mind would senselessly shoot at a police officer thirteen times? Shockingly, it happened on the evening of January 7 when Edward Archer, in the name of Islam, attempted to murder police Officer Jesse Hartnett. He […]
Looking Forward As we reminisce on the past year, let’s move on and look forward to the future. A New Year presents itself with a fresh start; a new beginning with hope filled opportunities. It is a good habit to write goals for the year in January, realizing some will be met and others prolonged. […]
There is a familiar saying, “Time waits for no man”; the proverbial phrase originally read, “Time and tide waits for no man”. It appeared around the year 1395, from Chaucer’s prologue to The Clerk’s Tales. Nothing can stop time or the movement of the tides at sea. The clock keeps ticking whether we are busy […]
In San Bernardino County on December 2, 2015, Islamic extremists left 14 persons murdered and 22 wounded. In response to the mass shootings, many leading politicians offered their sincere condolences and heart felt prayers for the victims and their families. The next day, New York Daily News headlined their paper with: ‘GOD ISN’T FIXING THIS’, […]
MERRY CHRISTMAS For centuries on the lips of people passing by others on the streets and in stores around the winter holiday would be ‘Merry Christmas’. The time of year when most of us are courteous, benevolent and full of good cheer! We reach out in human kindness to those who are less fortunate and […]
The days continue to be dark and bleak in the world in which we all live. The daunting headlines endlessly bring bad news of shootings, tragedy and heartbreak; but my pen could not write about so much darkness, not when there is so much glory to write about. John 1:5 tells us that light overcomes […]
Between Harvest celebrations and Christmas, with all its glitter of fairy lights, stockings and green or white flocked trees, is Thanksgiving. For merely commercial purposes many stores have skipped over Thanksgiving. After October 31, stores were already decked with boughs of holly’ so to speak and store corners had giant, ornamental Christmas trees. Serious shoppers […]
Paris became a war zone, a blood bath of innocent victims whose blood stained bodies lay scattered in its streets and buildings. The beautiful famed City of Love and City of Light became a place of hellish hate and devilish darkness. Even the famed Eiffel Tower turned off its beacon of light. It was a […]
A strange blue light flashed across California’s dark horizon on the evening of November 7 and was seen as far as Nevada. This was certainly not a Kmart blue light special! The sighting caused a great number of different social media emotions and reactions. People freaked out as they stared at the sky making comments […]