Yesterday was the 40th anniversary of the U. S. Supreme Court's legalization of abortion on demand. Since that fateful day, over 55 million unborn children have had their lives snuffed out prematurely - 55 million! That is nine times the number of Jews murdered during the Holocaust in World War II. We rightly despise what …
Tag: Values
Leap Year Lesson #310: Don’t Expect Those With Different Values To Be Or Act Like You
I suspect that many of us prefer to live in a world where the majority of others agrees with us on significant matters. Unless you're unusually driven by conflict and controversy, you have a strong affinity for those who are a lot like you. That's understandable. It's a fact of basic human nature even if …
Leap Year Lesson #265: People Are More Important Than Things
Even though today was supposedly a non-work day, I still had a number of personal things on my to-do list. I needed to be here when the bathroom tile caulker came for a touch-up; write two blog posts; study and prep to teach my Bible study class tomorrow, plus do a little more study related …
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Leap Year Lesson #255: Change Your Priorities When Necessary
Late Thursday afternoon I got a message from my wife that she was at a local emergency room with her mother. My mother-in-law, Jean, was having a hard time breathing. Minutes later I was on my way there. Of course, we had no idea we would spend seven hours at a hospital today. You don't …
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Leap Year Lesson #251: Value is Relative
One of the fun things I'm doing during my time off from work this week is visiting some pizza places I've never been to before. Sunday afternoon my wife and I went to Mellow Mushroom Pizza in St. Matthews, KY. It was tasty and had a great atmosphere, but was too pricey to suit us, …
