September 11, 2001 is a day that will be remembered for many things—the cowardice of a few, the bravery of many and the hospitality of Gander. This small city in Newfoundland became one of the epicenters of “Operation Yellow Ribbon.” This operation was enacted to keep planes coming into U.S. airspace. These planes were rerouted to small towns with airports large enough…

“Jesus took him aside from the crowd, by himself, and put His fingers into his ears, and after spitting, He touched his tongue with the saliva; and looking up to heaven with a deep sigh, He said to him, ‘Ephphatha!’ that is, ‘Be opened!’ and his ears were opened, and the impediment of his tongue was removed, and he began speaking plainly”…

“Jesus has a very special love for you. As for me, the silence and the emptiness is so great that I look and do not see, listen and do not hear” (Mother Teresa, 1979). Born Agnes Bojaxhiu, most know her as Mother Teresa of Calcutta. Dubbed “The Saint of the Gutters,” the Catholic church seeks to name her a saint in their…

Columbia rejoices as peace comes to the country this month. Unbeknownst to the majority of us, the government of Columbia and the Marxist-Leninist group known as FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Columbia) have been in conflict for 52 years. During that time, an estimated 260,000 people have died as a result of bombings, land mines and attacks. This past week, after two…

You come in contact with this almost on a daily basis. Every time you pump gas or buy fruits and vegetables weighed at the register there is a sticker from your friendly Florida Department of Agriculture. They inspect the systems that measure to make sure they measure accurately anything that is sold commercially. According to their website, the state standards of length,…

Two men, Vizzini and Inigo, stand on top of the Cliffs of Insanity.  Vizzini cuts the rope that the man in black is using to climb. The man in black didn’t fall. Vizzini shouts, “He didn’t fall?! Inconceivable!” Inigo replies, “You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.” We’ve all been there, not on…

“Let me sing now for my well-beloved a song of my beloved concerning His vineyard. My well-beloved had a vineyard on a fertile hill. He dug it all around, removed its stones, and planted it with the choicest vine. And He built a tower in the middle of it and also hewed out a wine vat in it; then He expected it to produce good grapes, but it produced only worthless ones” (Isa. 5:1-2).…

“And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed” (Gen. 12:3b). When Abraham heard these words, God was saying so much more than what Abram could understand. God was telling him that He had chosen a family through which the embodiment of all His love, grace, mercy and justice would come. It is in this passage that the story…