Rain is falling steadily on my little corner of Arkansas but that’s OK. So far, the temperature is above freezing although we do have a freezing rain/ice warning going. Believe it or not, thunder woke me last night, echoing around the heavens and bouncing off the clouds. That must have been the arriving cold air […]
I Remember Once Upon a Time…
“The Spirit of man is the candle of the Lord…” (Proverbs 20:27). A candle brings light into dark places. It may be very small but in a black night, the brightness of one small candle is light indeed. Bible truth is light shining in a dark world. Now, a light reveals good and it also […]
Shake It Off–Move On
The coach at the exercise class said something profound the other day. After each exercise, she would say, “Shake it out and move on.” So, her class of women would vibrate a little and move on to the next machine. With just a change of one word, that phrase of hers could become a life […]
Buz, the Fox (Conclusion)
Slipping from bush to rock, Buz followed the shepherds. Every once in a while, the shepherds would pause and point to the sky. At last, they stopped in front of a stable in Bethlehem. They spoke and someone inside the stable answered. Then, the shepherds slowly stepped inside. Did Buz dare get closer to these […]
Buz, the Fox
You see, it might have happened this way: Once upon a time, about two thousand years ago, there were foxes who dwelt in the hill country and plains around Bethlehem. They followed, at a safe distance, of course, the flocks of sheep that shepherds led here and there to find tasty grass for them to […]

Back to Normalcy
As I gaze out into the early morning darkness at my neighbor’s and my solar lights in our front yards, I have a feeling of returning to normalcy. The sound of cars tires on asphalt on I-540 means that people are up and moving, going to and from jobs, perhaps traveling somewhere for a visit. […]
