Bible at Home

In a sixth grade Sunday School class I was teaching we discussed the misery of the Hebrew people when they were slaves in Egypt. “It’s hard for us to understand what it might be like to be a slave, because we don’t own people in America any more.,” I said. A hand shot up and…

Visiting our grandchildren is always a pleasure. Once when we visited, our four year old grandson was wielding a newly aquired plastic sword, and he said to me, “I can’t really decide if I want to be David or Goliath.” I asked, “What’s the difference?” “well,” he said, Goliath had a great sword.” “Yes”, I…

My father was a retired school administrator who loved gardening.One year he had a bumper crop from his hard work and was telling us how good it was to have so many fresh vegetables for the summer. “You’ll really like the asparagus when it gets ripe, and this is the best year so far for…

W.E.B. Duboise ( 1868-1963) was a poet, a writer, and a leader in the Civil Rights movement in America. He was a co-founder of the NAACP. Early in his adult life he learned of a racial theory that the “negro” people were genetically inferior to the “white “ people. He was surprised to learn how…

Six years ago a two year old little girl named Charlee Campbell disappeared from her grandmother’s home in Lebanon Junction, Kentucky. Her dog, a pit bull named Penny , disappeared at the same time. A day and a half later Charlee was found in her neighbor’s back yard, with penny beside her. Wayne Brown, her…

David was a man who had received an extravagant promise. Anointed by Samuel, David had been told in the presence of his whole family, that he, David, would be the king of Israel even though everyone knew that Saul, the present king, had an ‘heir and a spare’ to succeed him. The time between David’s…

When my brother was born he was given the name Richard Burdett. The first name was also my Father’s name, and the second was my mother’s maiden name. While he was growing up he was always called “Burr”, to distinguish him from Dad, but when he left home for college he began to use “Dick.”…

There are versions of a story that has circulated simply by internet or word of mouth since the 1930’s. It’s the story of a U.S Navy warship in Canadian waters on a very foggy night. To the surprise of the captain, he perceived the lights of another smaller vessel through the fog, dangerously close. He…

The story of Jesus at the temple in Jerusalem when he was twelve years old, is a signal story. It’s more than a children’s story, for here we show a glimpse of a developmental moment in the life of the son of God. At this three day long moment we can witness the beginnings of…

“From now on, the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the mighty God.(Luke 22:68) These are the words of Jesus when he stood In front of the chief priests and teachers of the law, accused of claiming to be the Messiah. From there he was sent to Pilate, then to…