

The Pressure Cooker
“A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.” Proverbs 17:22 KJV It is a cruel world filled with savagery. It is an arena where men are shredded to pieces and women are drawn and quartered. Few survive this darkened hall of torture and for those who do wander back into the light, their remaining days are filled with memories that haunt them. Who are these unfortunate souls? They are the reckless few who have attempted to walk onto a stage in a co


A Splendid Fall
I have discovered, in my rapidly declining years, that I am falling more often. My sense of equilibrium has weakened, causing me to become dizzier on a ladder. I’ve been instructed by those close to me to stay off ladders but, as any man knows, you can’t get certain things done without climbing the rungs. I was recently taking the shutters off my house when I began to fall backwards. Fortunately, it was off a 6-foot ladder but unfortunately it was over top of my shrubbery. In


A Kangaroo Court
And they that laid hold on Jesus lead him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and elders were assembled. Matthew 26:57 KJV It is believed that the term, Kangaroo Court, came from the 1850s during the gold rush days. Mines that looked promising were quickly grabbed by speculators in the following way. After hastily forming a court in town the man who wanted the land would present false paperwork and then stake his claim. The whole exercise was for the appearanc