Barbara Smith

The original twelve disciples of Jesus were an assorted bunch, quite diverse and yet with many things in common. They were not all ‘book smart’ educated, however, some were. They did not all have ‘street smarts’ however, some did. Together they were resourceful, educated and experienced in life. They were all well into what we […]

In a recent job training class that lasted several weeks, when participating in a split session, the trainees came up with two team names, ‘Spicy’ and ‘Salty.’  They produced these names because of the banter that had gone on within the group. The spicy ones being ‘on fire’ with their quick come backs and often

They say that a particularly effective way to avoid or try to keep Alzheimer’s at bay is to do word searches, crossword puzzles and other games that engage your brain. I do not speak of this lightly or bring this to you as jest, because my mother passed away a year ago, February 2021 and

I am not a huge baseball fan, however, this player’s statement seemed profound enough to repeat. On August 6th, 2002, Tim Salmon had a big day at the plate on Tuesday. The Anaheim Angels right fielder had a grand slam and drove in five runs in an 11-2 victory over the Chicago White Sox. Tim

I just cannot help it, total confession, I am a word nerd. I enjoy learning novel words and trying to use them, although my memory does not always cooperate with me. Thank the Lord for Google these days! It helps us out of a lot of ‘brain freeze’ embarrassing moments. What I really enjoy is

A patent was filed in 1971 by Theodore George Paraskevakos for the invention of Caller ID. He had been working on it since 1968. Wow, this seems so far away now. As the nature of technology is, it begins in its infancy in a crude form and then continues to be improved upon. Controversy surrounded

To me this is a rhetorical question because the answer seems obvious. However, it is not to everyone. This can be a perplexing subject and difficult decisions must be made in our lives. One of the things I learned growing up was, the three most difficult decisions you will make when you grow up, besides

I have always loved the scripture in James 1:27, “Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.”  In fact, the book of James in its entirety has been my go-to for practical Christian living. Notwithstanding

You’ve heard the adage, ‘Don’t put off for tomorrow what you can do today!’  This is something that resonates with me in my daily activities and haunts my children in their dreams because I have always stressed that procrastination is not your friend.  This holds true in our walk with God and our responsibility to

When the Musk Ox is faced with danger the herd of musk oxen form a circle with their heads and horns outward and their young and weak in the center. They gather for mutual protection rather than trying to go out on their own or running away. If this practice is innate within these beastly