You are all probably familiar with the commercial where the announcer says, “What’s in your wallet?” Well, What’s in your vocabulary? “Is the air around us vibrant with such words as ‘freedom,’ ‘love,’ ‘success.’ ‘beauty,’ and ‘happiness.’ A wealth of such words spoken morning and night is a mental medicine-chest of incalculable value. It tunes…

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Fifteen years ago our son and daughter-in-law were married. They celebrate their anniversary today. I have to admit that I don’t remember if 1 Corinthians 13 was read at their service, but I’ve certainly attended many a wedding where it has. Paul wrote about love and all it is and all it is not. As…

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I knew a man who for the longest time was in federal prison. Every chance he got he would go to sleep in his bed. Despite incredible noise and periodic prodding from guards and inmates he would sleep as much as he could. When asked why he slept so much he said, “When I’m asleep…

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Those of you who know me or have followed the Pew for awhile know of my love for the following image: “They heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden, at the time of the evening breeze.” Genesis 3:8. Similar images stir fond memories. A walk on a beach with a good…

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Over the weekend, I read an article about the inevitable conflict between science and religion. Speaking as a minority of one, such conflict does not and cannot exist. Science by definition is “true knowledge,” and true (perfect) knowledge is divine. All knowledge relates us to the infinite through understanding. The antaganism is man made. Similarly…

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