Author: Edwin

Altar Calls

An altar call is a fascinating thing. The congregation quietly sings the invitational from memory. The preacher softly compels saints and sinners alike to come to the altar for repentance or rededication. If he is like most...

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The plague of ladybugs

And God said:  I will visit you with ladybugs, you and your household, your wife and children and your hound-dogs.  They will enter your home and remind you that you are powerless. And I said:  But why?  What did I do? And God...

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Why are doctor's so unhappy?

I see a lot of unhappiness among doctors.  I worry about this.  About doctors who are just miserable.  Miserable to talk with, miserable in their personal lives.  Every has an idea about how to make it all better. (Go back in...

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Brrrr!

This week we went skiing in our home state, West Virginia.  Jan and the kids and I went to Winterplace, near Beckley, WV.  It’s a great, family oriented resort, and we had a wonderful time snow-tubing and skiing.  However,...

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