Sometimes everyday life seems monotone. That’s why television and video games grew so popular. They’re an escape hatch from reality.
The young man gripped his sword as perspiration popped out in beads on his forehead. He’d never seen a monster like this one.
Fear never stopped him, though, and with a mighty howl of battle, he leaped towards the drooling fiend.
“Jimmy put that thing up and do your homework!” yelled his mom from the other room. Continue reading
Back when I was younger and easier to please, I used to love the original Star Trek. You know that old program where Captain Kirk jumps up on a rock on a desolate planet and makes a speech about truth, justice and the American way of life. Or was that Superman? Whatever.
Later on in life, we pastored a church in Paris for a year and would come home wiped out from three services on Sunday. So I would drop into an easy chair and watch the Star Trek series which had the lady captain. Don't remember what it was called. Kirk had gotten old and fat by this time and I guess he could no longer hop up on the rock so they let the lady do it.
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Can you imagine a mother giving birth to a child who doesn’t know she’s giving birth to a child? She thinks she’s dying, but she’s bringing life into the world and prolonging life in the world.
Can you imagine Eve when Cain came into the world? Unless God had told her what was going on, she probably thought the Apocalypse had arrived. It had been coming for nine months.
“Getting a little chubby there aren’t you girl?” Adam may have remarked. I doubt if he repeated himself, though, because the first death came later and it wasn’t him. Continue reading
When we visited the Grand Canyon we saw a sign warning us to watch out for mountain lions crossing the road. After that the car in front started driving really slow. I figured he was looking for one of the big cats.
Then farther up, lo and behold, something dashed across the road. I couldn’t make out exactly what it was but it must have been a mountain lion, don’t you think? We had just seen the sign. Continue reading
Imagine this:
“All right, listen up you guys!” The chattering of hundreds of angel voices calmed slightly but the bantering still went on.
“Come on. Quiet! Look up here!”
The head angel, a stern-looking fellow about 6’8” tall, clapped his hands and reluctantly the angels turned from their animated conversations to listen to their leader.
In the back stood two angels who had been friends, it seemed like forever. Let’s call them Clyde and Fred. Fred was as big as his chief but didn’t think quite as fast. Clyde ran to the skinny side and it was rare that his mouth was quiet for more than 59 seconds at a time. Continue reading
