Great Castles of the World – Windsor Castle, England
My wife, Lynn and I had the good fortune to visit Windsor Castle in the mid 1980s on a fast-paced visit to the London area following a business trip to Lausanne, Switzerland.
Continue readingChuck Colson from Prison to Prison Fellowship and More – A Hero of the Faith
Intro How did I find out about Chuck Colson’s life story? I have read 6 of Chuck Colson’s best selling books, starting with his life story (up to that point) Born Again. It is a powerful story of politics, deception and lying, arrest, trial and prison…and powerful, irrevocable and transformational life change conversion […]
Continue readingWedding Rings: Why Do We Wear Them On The Fourth Finger?
Indeed, why do we wear our wedding rings on our fourth finger? Here is a cute 45 second video illustrating some symbolic family meanings in a “finger weave”. I can’t vouch for the source or the “truth” of the symbolism, but I can vouch for the mechanics of it. Watch and you’ll see what […]
Continue readingJaide Bucher, Defying Doubt | Gatorade – Win From Within Series
Intro Meet Jaide Bucher. Here is a great story about overcoming a serious physical challenge to excel in competition with others with no limitations. I have posted stories from the Gatorade Channel a few times in the past but I didn’t see any new material for a while so I looked elsewhere for […]
Continue readingWestJet Christmas Miracle: 12,000 Mini Miracles
Intro For the past few years, WestJet, a Canadian Airline, has engaged in some spectacular “Christmas Miracles” of generosity and commitment by its management and employees. These events have been documented in YouTube videos and on this blog. I’ll supply some links below. This year, on December 9, the company launched its WestJet Christmas […]
Continue readingNoel – a New Christmas Song Sung by Lauren Daigle
Noel is a new song written by Chris Tomlin and sung on this video by Lauren Daigle. It is a Christmas song and a Christian praise and worship song all in one. Lauren Daigle is a relatively new Christian music artist with some impressive credentials. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Lauren Daigle Daigle […]
Continue readingThe Ten Most Influential Churches of the Last Century
Intro I have been holding this draft of The Ten Most Influential Churches of the Last Century for a few months. I don’t really know why I didn’t use it right away but I just looked it over and I can’t see any reason to hold it any longer. Perhaps, just perhaps, I […]
Continue readingDying Country Singer Joey Feek and Cancer, Death Where is thy Sting?
Intro Joey Feek, 40 yr old country singer, was diagnosed with an aggressive form of cervical cancer in May, 2014. After aggressive treatment involving surgery, chemo and radiation she was recently told her condition would take her life. With more aggressive and very unpleasant treatment, her life might be prolonged 6 to 9 months. Joey […]
Continue readingNurse Shows Sacrificial Love And Changes Young Boy’s Life
Intro What does it take to change a life – dramatically change a life. Sometimes it is just a quick turn of the steering wheel or a word of encouragement that resonates deeply. Sometimes it takes a major life change or sacrificial love to change the life of someone in need. That’s the way […]
Continue readingThe Dating Manifesto: A Drama-Free Plan for Pursuing Marriage with Purpose by Lisa Anderson
Intro Dating is an important topic for everyone, parent, teen, 20 something or beyond. And its a complicated topic. There is the emotional aspect of learning how to ask a girl out for the first time, for example. Or the same emotional aspect of learning how and why to say “yes” or “no thank […]
Continue readingThis Holocaust Survivor Shares Powerful Story From A Concentration Camp
I found this unique video featuring 83-year-old Francine Christophe on the family friendly website Godtube.com. After viewing it I learned that it was a Facebook video with over 11 million Facebook views. It is a “bittersweet” (You’ll understand the pun after you view the video) story of of the conditions in a concentration camp […]
Continue readingHero Teacher Sonya Romero
What kind of teacher would you want to teach your child, especially the younger ones, in school? I vote for one like Sonya Romero. Sonya has taught more positive values, by example, than all the textbooks and other official teaching aids she is given to teach with. And I believe it is far more […]
Continue readingA Father’s Letter to His Daughter with Down syndrome on Her Wedding Day
I recently posted about Connie-Rose Seabourne, a beautiful 2 year old Down syndrome child who now has two professional modelling contracts. (Connie-Rose Seabourne). Today I am posting a link to a letter from the father of a Down syndrome daughter to her on her wedding day. Its a great post that was featured on […]
Continue readingThis Time | A Jubilee Project Short Film
This Time This Time is a short story that was first released on YouTube around Valentines Day 2014. Its a love story. A sad/joyful story. What does that mean? I think you’ll understand and agree after watching it. It also explores, subtly, some implications for: Love Marriage Faith Its thought provoking, if […]
Continue readingIs Little Connie-Rose Seabourne The Most Beautiful Girl in the World?
Connie-Rose Seabourne, a 23-month-old little girl in the UK with Down syndrome, has always received comments from her mother Julie’s friends for her beautiful smile. After they told her that she should try contacting a modeling agency, she did. Now, Connie has two contracts and is becoming a popular toddler model! – boredpanda.com Intro […]
Continue readingMy 5 yr Old’s Reaction to Becoming a Big Brother
Here is a delightful video taken and narrated by Sarah Bombry in conversation in the car with her 5 yr old son. Sarah apparently has just come from getting an ultrasound of her second child. She shows it to her son and explains what it is to the utter amazement and sheer delight of […]
Continue readingPlanetary Panoramas – 360 Degree Night-Sky Time-Lapse Video
Intro I found a fascinating time-lapse video recently which I will show you in a minute. The video and the time-lapse photography are the products of Vincent Brady, a young man who studied photography in college and then innovated the equipment to produce the spectacular effects you will see. Vincent also has a friend, […]
Continue readingHD Video Tour Galilee, Israel: Sacred Sites Along the Sea with Rick Steves
I’m kind of excited to share this video about a Tour of Galilee, Israel: Sacred Sites Along the Sea with Rick Steves because my wife, Lynn and I have been to these sites! We were baptized in the Jordan River; took the boat ride; saw the Church of Mensas Christi; went to the Mt. […]
Continue readingWelcome to My World
Bad news on TV. Bad news in the newspapers. Bad news on the internet and on the radio, too. And the tone is so shrill! People talking over one another – often shouting at each other. And the video scenes are so violent, aren’t they – protests, terror attacks, crime scenes, accident scenes, etc. […]
Continue readingWard Miles Miller’s Extraordinary First Year
Meeting Ward Miles Miller is just the right way to start your week! Ward’s story is extraordinary, bordering on miraculous. He was born 3 1/2 months premature, 12 inches, weighing about 1.5 pounds. His story was chronicled by his Dad, Benjamin, as his Mom, Lindsey, spent most of the more than 100 days Ward […]
Continue readingHeroic Kids Will Restore Your Faith in Humanity
The Real Life Heroes YouTube channel features approx 40 videos of heroics in a wide variety of circumstances and by a wide variety of heroes. The channel has about 90,000 followers and is growing. Check it out at https://www.youtube.com/user/RealLifeHeroesTV/videos The video below is about heroic kids and it is impressive. Take a look and […]
Continue readingThe Room – a Redemption Dream/Story by Josh Harris
The most recent and widespread story about the authorship of “The Room” is also the most tragic. It claims that a young man named Brian Moore wrote “The Room” in 1997, a short time before he died in a car accident. For a while, I’d get a least one email a week asking about […]
Continue readingRyan Ries – I am Second
I am Second Website I recently discovered a unique Christian website iamsecond.com that has a series of monologue videos all filmed against a black background with a white leather chair for the interviewee. The whole modern, “avante-garde” style sets its approach apart from most Christian sites. I am Second means second to Jesus […]
Continue readingA Voice Heard Portland
What attracted me to the video below is that everything in the video is exactly as my wife, Lynn, and I saw it in Tanzania a few years ago. I guess you could say the same about many African countries. We saw the beginnings of change but the tribal culture is ingrained and […]
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