In 1879 Thomas Edison invented the light bulb and is quoted as saying, “We will make electricity so cheap that only the rich will use candles.” Today, we have so much cheap electricity that it has created light pollution that it hinders our ability to see the stars at...
Getting it wrong: Signs to students at DePauw University reading, “YOU DESERVE HELL!” Getting it right: “Judge not, lest you be judged.” Buzzfeed.com reported that a group of young Christians representing The Campus Ministry USA arrived at DePauw University in...
Henry Comstock, also known as “Old Pancake,” began prospecting for gold and silver in Nevada in the early 1850s. It was dangerous, exhausting work with deadly cave-ins, floods, and “boomtown violence” driven by greed. In 1858, he took possession of the cabin of his...
By: Dave Illingworth I think this story is okay to tell because my father, who was a Presbyterian minister, told it to me many years ago. An old man and a young boy decided to go into their village. The old man put the young boy on their donkey, and they headed out...
Getting it wrong: “‘I’m an atheist,’ she replied. ‘There is no God.’” Getting it right: “The basic reality of God is plain enough.” On a Toyota trip to Africa I made an acquaintance with with a dealer I had not known. His wife was reading Bill O’Reilly’s...
By: Dave Illingworth It was January, and the weather was very unpredictable. I had a dinner meeting in Orange County in the evening, so I booked an early-morning flight back to California. I left for the airport about 5:00 a.m. It was 21 degrees and a light,...
By: Dave Illingworth Getting it wrong: “If more good people had concealed-carry permits, then we could end those Muslims.” Getting it right: Jesus said, “Put away your sword.” Matthew 26:52 Jerry Falwell Jr., chancellor and president of Christian...
By: Dave Illingworth Getting it wrong: VA hospitals forbid Christmas cards for bedridden patients. Getting it right: “I was sick, and you cared for me.” Matthew 25:36 Fourth grader Gracie Brown of Prosper, TX spent her time making homemade Christmas cards for...
By: Dave Illingworth I was driving across Oklahoma on my way back to California for Christmas when a Breaking News story came over the radio that fourteen innocent people had been killed and seventeen others injured by two terrorists at a Christmas party in San...
Getting it wrong: According to KCBS radio, a church in San Francisco installed a sprinkler system that turned on every 30 minutes at night to drive away the homeless. Getting it right: Treat people the same way you want them to treat you. According to KCBS radio in...
This is a story told by Dr. Benjamin Alexander of American University. A medical student had dissected a cadaver completely. He then asked the professor, “I opened every organ of the body and found no soul. How can people say a soul exists?” The instructor asked him,...
As you spend time with family and reflect on your blessings, take a moment to watch Abraham Lincoln's proclamation on Thanksgiving. Have a blessed day.