Mary, Did You Know? – Pentatonix

More and more people are hearing about the Acapella singing group, Pentatonix. If you haven’t heard of them, turn on a radio during the Christmas season and you will! They have a varied repertoire but right now its all about their Christmas album and the feature song, Mary Did You Know? If you’re interested in […]

Twelve Exquisite Christmas Flower Images Added to Exquisite Flower Photos Gallery

I have just added twelve high-quality Christmas flower images and floral arrangements to the Exquisite Flowers Gallery. I featured these images a year ago during the month of December and the post announcing them proved to be one of the year’s most popular posts! You can find the Christmas Flower images by clicking My Photo […]

WestJet Christmas Miracle: Spirit of Giving

WestJet is a Canadian Airline that has adopted a distinctive approach to advertising and goodwill building. Two years ago they used a Flash Mob to entertain boarding travelers with Christmas cheer attracting 1.5million YouTube views. Last season they went over the top with a marvelous scheme to learn the Christmas wishes of a group of […]

What Kids Are Thankful For at Thanksgiving Time

  If you had to guess what these young school children would be thankful for what would you guess? I was actually a bit surprised at the themes of their answers. Watch, listen and see if you are surprised or whether you can see inside the minds of these kids.     Well, there you […]

Faith in Humanity Restored October 2014 Edition

We lose faith in humanity all too many times when there is some kind of need within sight of people but they turn the other way and don’t want to get involved. I remember many years ago the horrifying story of Kitty Genovese who was being mugged on a street in New York City and […]

High School Sweethearts Larry and Kelcie Get a Special Surprise Wedding

(NOTE!!!)  The fundraising video originally referenced in this post was taken down but a similar one remains on YouTube. The public video is now the one referenced on this post. Here is a story I found on TodayChristian.net a website featuring a variety of content that is informative, sometimes funny and sometimes tragic and always […]

Old Eddie and the Seagulls

  Courtesy of Inspire21.com A True Story of Appreciation It happens every Friday evening, almost without fail, when the sun resembles a giant orange and is starting to dip into the blue ocean. Old Ed comes strolling along the beach to his favorite pier. Clutched in his bony hand is a bucket of shrimp. Ed […]

Three Sisters – Senior Moments Series – Laughing At Old Age

Three Sisters Classic Joke I have accumulated several cartoons depicting some of the things that happen to some but not all seniors.  I use them on Twitter. Occasionally I find a short story/joke depicting the same general idea – that seniors see the world a bit different from the younger generation or two. Here is […]

The Northern Frontier – Mt Hermon, Caesarea Philippi, Golan Heights and Baptism in the Jordan River.

  [box type=”info”] Before I begin today’s post I have to explain something. I received comments after the last post saying that the commenter hoped I was enjoying the trip and was looking ahead to what I would be discovering on the following day. This happened because I am taking the approach of documentary or […]

Yes, sir. I Want You to Be My Daddy!

  This is a YouTube video that has over 15 million views in the several versions that exist. It depicts a TV show segment called Boot Camp in which troubled young boys are confronted with a noisy in-your-face BIG military drill sergeant who attempts to scare them into respect and discipline. I’m not sure if […]

Beginning the Christian’s Pilgrimage Tour of Holy Sites Outside of Jerusalem

Mapping Today’s Pilgrimage Tour Stops Today is our third full day in Israel. Today we leave Jerusalem and start our trek throughout the land of Israel on a Pilgrimage tour of Christian sites. Before we begin our several day journey, it is a good ideal to get a perspective of the size of the country […]

Jamin’s Downtown Disney Flashmob Proposal

I was checking out a variety of travel video sites on YouTube and came across Jamin’s Downtown Disney Flashmob Proposal video which has nearly 14 million views. As far as I can tell, except for a 30 second commercial video, this is the most popular YouTube video of any of the Disney Park/property videos (if […]

Israel’s Military Cemetery, Gethsemane and the Western Wall

Our second day in Israel in Jerusalem was a very moving, emotional one.   Military Cemetery   Our first stop for the day was at the Military Cemetery. Because of the extremely rocky nature of the terrain graves are elevated above ground level. I was struck at the inscription on one grave indicating that the […]

King David’s Tomb, The Mount of Olives, Church of the Lord’s Cry (over Jerusalem), and Tomb of the Virgin Mary

In addition to our visit to the Garden Tomb on our first day in Jerusalem, we also visited the site of King David’s Tomb.  This place is popular not only with foreign tourists but it is also popular with local Jewish faithful who pray at this site believing that King David may still be able […]

Our Fifty Second Wedding Anniversary Today

Today, May 5, 2014 is our 52nd wedding anniversary! Where did the years go? Today is really a big day for us in several ways. We’ve been in Lakeland, FL since late last September with only a short visit back to our family at Christmas.  We are getting itchy to see the whole family of […]

Our Spiritual Trip of a Lifetime to the Holy Land

One of the items on the “Bucket List” of my wife, Lynn, and I was to take a trip to the Holy Land of Israel.

On Safari in Tanzania – Giving Back

Our safari in Tanzania was a trip-of-a-lifetime. My wife, Lynn, and I have many and varied kinds of memories if the experience.
I tried to convey the meaning of some of our experience, especially with our meeting of local Maasai people, by words and visuals but I didn’t capture the whole scope of it.

Heaven Is for Real

The book Heaven is for Real has sold several million copies and has been on the New York Times Bestseller List for about 90 weeks.

It is the story of a Nebraska pastor’s son who had a near death experience. Colton, age 4, recovered and some time afterward began to describe, without prompting, his experiences in heaven. He described circumstances and people of which he had no earthly knowledge.

The Sixth Birthday – a True Short Story From Precious Memories by Lynn Stannard

“I haven’t had a birthday party since I was five years old,” my husband would sometimes complain, while I would be preparing for just that for one of our daughters. A birthday party: he was just teasing me, but it was true.

The Baboons : Fun and Survival – On Safari in Tanzania

    As we moved further south, we came upon an area that apparently supported dozens of baboon family groups.   Some of the baboons we saw were quite tame and stayed close to the roadway we traveled.  In fact, we stopped near some of them and they paid little attention to us at all […]

Bill Cosby Meets His Match!

Remember that Groucho had some VERY funny guests whose interviews became classics? Well, you won’t be disappointed by this reinvented Cosby style interview with Marcia Brody from North, South Carolina!

Mister Clean – A True Short Story From Precious Memories by my Wife, Lynn Stannard

Mister Clean the Cleanser Most of you will remember Mister Clean the hero of the kitchens and bathrooms of the nation as he showed exasperated housewives how to clean up everything in sight.  Well, that was the mission in the life of our six-year-old grandson for quite a while … and he was very polite […]

George Beverly Shea – How Great Thou Art – Faith Stories You Won’t Forget Series

George Beverly Shea sang, face to face, to over 200 million people over a 50+ year span, and when he finished singing, Billy Graham preached to them.

On Safari in Tanzania Part 7 – The Wildebeest Migration

  One of the unique and interesting features of a Serengeti Plain safari is that we were treated to multiple sightings of Wildebeest herds trekking along their several hundred mile annual migration route.  This route enables the African Wildebeest herd, numbering up to 1.5 million animals, to find adequate food and water even as the […]