It's an official word. You'll find the term brownout in your dictionary, but chances are you already know what one is. You've been on the receiving end of the bad news. Technically, "Brownout is a condition of lower than normal power line voltage being supplied by...
In the event you take time to check the definition of the word "thanksgiving" in your dictionary, you will find the following: Part of speech: A noun. Derivation: From the Anglo‑Saxon word thanc, Meaning: 1.The act of rendering thanks, especially to God. 2. A...
Of the thirteen letters that came from the pen of the theologian of the New Testament, Paul, formerly known as Saul of Tarsus, none is more personal and intimate than the letter in our Bibles known as 2 Corinthians. In this letter, Paul opens his heart with a...
At one time, Bulstrode Whitelocke was England's ambassador to Sweden, back then, as now, life was chaotic and uncertain. The night before he was to leave for Sweden, Whitelocke spent the night in a country inn near the ship that would take him on his journey when...
It happens almost every day. You read a headline such as, "Truth Catches Up With Accused Storyteller," or "Top Historian Becomes Tangled in Fictions," or "Corporation Mogul Embarrassed By New Allegations," "Law School Dean Denies Plagiarism," and so forth. It doesn't...
William Shakespeare had a tremendous grasp of life and human nature. “When sorrows come,” he wrote, “they come not single file but in battalions.” My mother used to say, “When it rains, it pours!” meaning essentially the same thing. Nobody apart from a sadistic...
How much is enough? Have you ever pondered the question in relation to your own lifestyle? When John D. Rockefeller was asked how much money it would take to be satisfied, he replied, "Just a little bit more!" "It is not the rich man only who is under the dominion...
Hindsight vision is always 20-20, but seeing what lies in the future is totally something else. The future is unknown, risky, and indefinite. It's no wonder we hesitate to take the bold step whether it is launching a business or moving away from the security of the...
"I really need that!" How many times have you said those words this past week? Or maybe it was your eight-year-old who has been impressed by the commercials on television who says, "I really need that, Dad!" And, of course, we quickly think of Philippians 4:19, which...
In 1944 Frank Capra, the celebrated director, produced a comedy film called Arsenic and Old Lace. It’s about two sweet but murderous aunts who put poison in the elderberry tea that was served to a succession of male residents in their boarding house and then stored...