This past weekend, we hosted a party in our home for about 35 people. One of the things about having people in your home is the need to have it clean and tidy for when they arrive. This is especially true if they are staying over. We make sure the bathroom is neat, there is…
When we see a young child proudly strutting around or acting arrogantly, we sometimes make the comment that the child has “attitude.” It is often seen as a negative trait, but I think it is neither positive or negative. According to the dictionary, the word “attitude” means “an internal position or feeling with regard to…
When I was in school, one of the main parts of every day was “Chapel”. It was an opportunity to take time for worship, prayer and to hear a message of challenge or encouragement from a staff member, student or periodically a guest speaker. On one particular occasion, we had a guest speaker with special…
I was reading a story about a woman who seemingly lived the perfect life. Everything was working out as she had hoped. She married her high school sweetheart and had a family. He had a great job and they lived in a beautiful home. But then things changed. Her husband lost his job and began…
I like many people have what is lovingly called a “junk drawer.” It is a drawer in the kitchen or in the workshop where all the “thing-a-ma-jigs” and “what-cha-ma-call-its” go. They are the odds and ends we find that if we were asked what they were for, we probably couldn’t give an answer. Whenever I…