When I was in fourth or fifth grade, a family in my neighborhood held a “Backyard Bible Club” every summer in their backyard. Every person in their family played a musical instrument, with one person on guitar, another singing, and one of their older kids playing the drums. For the week of Backyard Bible Club,
A teacher came to a village carrying a covered basket. Each day he told stories—about seeds, sheep, and fishermen. The people listened and debated what the stories meant. One day a child asked, “Teacher, what’s in the basket?” The teacher removed the cloth. The basket was empty. “There’s nothing there,” said the child. “Exactly,” said
Have you ever had an experience where everyone around you was speaking a different language from your own? Maybe you traveled to a different country where a language other than your own was what most people spoke. Or, maybe you were in an aisle at the grocery store, and you happened upon a conversation in
The first line of the song “Unwell” by Matchbox 20 says, “All day, starin’ at the ceilin’, makin’ friends with shadows on my wall.” Can anyone relate to that experience? Enough people have similar experiences that we’ve created a couple of idioms to describe them. You’ve probably heard them. “A watched pot never boils.” Sound
I don’t follow sports as closely as Jeff does, but I do enjoy watching sporting events. As a child, I played soccer and softball, I watched hockey and football with my dad, and I watched the Olympics any chance I could. I can watch most major sporting events and understand what’s going on because I
Several years ago, I read a story about a high school golfer from Florida named Chelsee Richard. Many people thought she had a chance of winning the state championship. On the second hole of the qualifier, she hit her tee shot into the rough. Not a great start, but she calmly went and hit the
When I was in fourth or fifth grade, a family in my neighborhood held a “Backyard Bible Club” every summer in their backyard. Every person in their family played a musical instrument, with one person on guitar, another singing, and one of their older kids playing the drums. For the week of Backyard Bible Club,
A teacher came to a village carrying a covered basket. Each day he told stories—about seeds, sheep, and fishermen. The people listened and debated what the stories meant. One day a child asked, “Teacher, what’s in the basket?” The teacher removed the cloth. The basket was empty. “There’s nothing there,” said the child. “Exactly,” said
Have you ever had an experience where everyone around you was speaking a different language from your own? Maybe you traveled to a different country where a language other than your own was what most people spoke. Or, maybe you were in an aisle at the grocery store, and you happened upon a conversation in
The first line of the song “Unwell” by Matchbox 20 says, “All day, starin’ at the ceilin’, makin’ friends with shadows on my wall.” Can anyone relate to that experience? Enough people have similar experiences that we’ve created a couple of idioms to describe them. You’ve probably heard them. “A watched pot never boils.” Sound
I don’t follow sports as closely as Jeff does, but I do enjoy watching sporting events. As a child, I played soccer and softball, I watched hockey and football with my dad, and I watched the Olympics any chance I could. I can watch most major sporting events and understand what’s going on because I
Several years ago, I read a story about a high school golfer from Florida named Chelsee Richard. Many people thought she had a chance of winning the state championship. On the second hole of the qualifier, she hit her tee shot into the rough. Not a great start, but she calmly went and hit the