I have felt the magic ever since I attended a concert by the Philadelphia Symphony. Maestro Eugene Ormandy opened the concert with Samuel Barber’s Suite for Strings. I never knew that 100 strings could sound as one. Beethoven’s 5th Symphony was the second piece. With the down beat the corpulent lady next to me elbowed my ribs. I felt my…
Month: January 2017
Trusting God with Empty Pockets
“Everybody trusts God on a good day with $20 in their pocket.” Interesting quote!! It came from the movie “Seasons of Gray,” and just like my family, I can’t know if y’all actually listen to me, so I encourage you to watch this movie again! In this modern day story of Joseph, this little slip of paper was left by…
Miracles
A west coast seminary offered a course called Miracles. The class was withdrawn after one semester. The teachers failed to define miracle. Lots of ideas were bounced around in an atmosphere of controversy, but seminary leaders deemed it unprofitable. Religious leaders in Jesus’ day considered miracles evidence of divine calling, really BIG miracles. Eugene Peterson hit a home run when…
Ben Hur’s 2017 Challenge!
It’s been great having all the boys home over Christmas break. We’ve spent some quality family time together and we’ve watched a few movies. One movie we watched was Ben-Hur. Apparently, Ben-Hur is a film from 1959 starring Charlton Heston. It was remade in 2016 and we rented it from the Redbox. Ben-Hur is a fictional story about a man…