I Like Shoes – Soles for Jesus in Ethiopia

What’s So Important About Shoes? Maybe nothing much is really important about shoes- unless you don’t have ANY shoes. Then shoes become very important. The following article was submitted to the website http://ilikegiving.com/. This relatively new website belongs to an organization called I Like Giving whose mission/vision includes: I Like Giving is a non-profit created […]

The Canopy Bed – An Unexpected Answer to a Young Girl’s Prayers

  This is one of over fifty short stories my wife, Lynn, has written in a book titled Precious Memories (click the cover). I have previously shared four of these stories in posts but its been quite a while. This story was a great blessing to Lynn and me as well as to our missionary […]

Atheists Won’t Stop Carrie Underwood from Singing About Faith: “If You Don’t Like It, Change the Channel”!

  I am thankful that Carrie Underwood is willing to stand up for what she believes in. We all should be proud of her. It is too common for a tiny minority of loud and often angry or even violent voices to deny good people like Carrie or you or me our right to have […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 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.

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.

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.

Christmas Carols From Above – Hilarious Lip Sync

  Here is a bit of a change of pace as we look at different aspects of the Christmas season. You gotta watch this hilarious, sweet little lip syncing Christmas song.  Wait for the bass ‘singer’ – he is an absolute riot! This was one of the many fantastic songs performed during the annual “Living […]

Buy The Milk

  Did You Ever Hear God Talk About Milk? Courtesy of inspire21.com Author Unknown A young man had been to Wednesday night Bible Study. The Pastor had spoken about “listening to God and obeying the Lord’s voice.” The young man couldn’t help but wonder, “Does God still speak to people?” After service he went out […]

Faith Stories You Won’t Forget Series – William Booth – Founder of the Salvation Army

This next installment of the Faith Stories You Won’t Forget Series is the story of William Booth, an Englishman born in 1829 in Nottingham, England – the land of legendary Robin Hood. His story is one of early poverty, a powerful Christian conversion experience at age fifteen, small beginnings within the Methodist denomination, opposition from […]

Eight Year-old’s Homework Assignment: Explain God

a true story courtesy of Inspire21.com   When given a third-grade homework assignment (most likely not in a public school – Dick S) to “EXPLAIN GOD,” this is what 8-year-old, Danny Dutton, of Chula Vista, CA, had to say.   By Danny Dutton One of God’s main jobs is making people. He makes them to […]

Drawing Heaven – Akiane Kramarik, Child-prodigy

Courtesy of Inspire21.com I caught a video on YouTube about a CNN report showcasing the story of a very gifted 12-year-old artist named Akiane Kramarik. There have been several young gifted artists in the past, but Akiane is rather fascinating. What makes Akiane so unique is not so much how well she paints, but the […]

Billy Graham’s Einstein Speech

  In January 2000, leaders in Charlotte , North Carolina, invited their favorite son, Billy Graham, to a luncheon in his honor. Billy initially hesitated to accept the invitation because he struggled with Parkinson’s disease. But the Charlotte leaders said, “We don’t expect a major address. Just come and let us honor you.” So he […]

Faith Stories You Won’t Forget Series – Amy Carmichael

Rescuer of Abused and Unwanted Girls in India Amy Wilson Carmichael was a Protestant Christian missionary in India, who opened an orphanage and founded a mission in Dohnavur. She served in India for 55 years without furlough and wrote many books about the missionary work there. Wikipedia: Born: December 16, 1867, Millisle, United Kingdom Died: […]