I recently found the following account online and thought it was appropriate for this month’s Pastor’s Power Point. In the Mariners’ Museum in Newport News, Virginia, there’s a special display for a rickety, home-made aluminum kayak. This tiny, makeshift boat seems oddly out of place in the midst of displays for impressive Navy vessels and artifacts from significant battles on the sea. But a bronze plaque tells museum visitors the story behind this kayak’s heroic…
I don’t know if you realize it, but the month of June is known for a lot of things. The month itself is notable for two customs. First is the custom of marriage. Ever heard the term “June bride”? It refers to the fact that more people get married in June than any other month. Contrary to popular belief, this tradition did NOT come about because of the dependable weather. According to some classical scholars,…
Any butter-lovers out there? (You know what I mean. You love and want butter, real butter, on your bread. Not margarine nor some other low-fat replacement…just the real deal). If so, then potentially I have some very good news for you: If you visit your local Dunkin’ Donuts and receive a butter substitute instead of real butter, you just might be in line to receive some cash. Say what! Yep, you could be coming into…
It’s April and this month we celebrate Easter, the greatest day on the Christian calendar. But what if the Resurrection of Jesus didn’t happen as skeptics and unbelievers say? Or, what if Jesus’ Resurrection is only a religious myth taught by liberal theologians, being merely a means of propagating religious truth, but no wise an actual, literal, and historical event? Would it make a difference? What if you were to wake up one morning just…
I don’t know about you, but the older I get, time just seems to fly by at an amazing rate of speed. It’s crazy! Time just cunningly sneaks away without a mere word of warning and without a subtle hint of a forwarding address. You blink and time is gone! With the subject of time in mind, I ran across an article in the Atlantic Magazine from 2014 which contained interesting facts about what happens…
