Manhattan’s Metropolitan Correctional Center, Saturday, Aug. 10. At approximately 6:30 a.m., Jeffrey Epstein, the billionaire financier, and a convicted sex offender is found dead in his jail cell. According to NBC News, Epstein hanged himself at some point overnight and was taken to a local hospital for treatment and subsequently pronounced dead. News of the high-profile financier’s death filled the front-page of media outlets from all over the world, while details of his sordid life Continue Reading
Learn from the Eagle: the Challenger of the Storms {The Atlanta Journal Constitution}
“But those who trust in the Lord will find new strength. They will soar high on wings like eagles. They will run much and not grow weary. They will walk and not faint.” These words in the book of the Prophet Isaiah have been especially significant to me for many years. I came across them for the first time shortly after becoming a Christian 25 years ago, and they caught my attention, because of the eagle metaphor. Eagles have been my favorite animal from an early age. Childhood friends Continue Reading
Deliver us from Gossiping! {The Atlanta Journal Constitution}
Alan Redpath was a well-known 20th Century British evangelist, preacher, and author. He led a church in Richmond, London until 1953, when he moved to the United States and became the pastor of the historic Moody Memorial Church in Chicago for nine years. He returned to the United Kingdom in 1962, where he continued his ministry until his death in 1984. I came across a story told by Redpath in the book "A Passion for Preaching," which offered what I believe to be a practical test against Continue Reading
Who (or What) – Determines your Worth? {The Atlanta Journal-Constitution}
I stepped on the scale and closed my eyes. “Please move,” I demanded. “Down. Move down.” The dreadful, tormenting gadget blinked once, twice … and thus, the hopes of eating nothing but salads and protein went down the drain. Great. Let me tell you — of all the curses humanity inherited from Adam and Eve’s Fall, hormones are certainly among the most annoying ones. If you are a woman, they torment you from puberty to your early 60s, give or take. That’s almost half a century of ups and downs Continue Reading
It’s Never Too Late to Grow Wiser {The Atlanta Journal Constitution}
I have been studying the book of Proverbs again, this time looking up certain definitions in the original Hebrew, with the purpose of gaining deeper insight into King Solomon’s wisdom. The Hebrew language uses concrete thought, which is the expression of concepts and ideas in ways that can be seen, touched, smelled, tasted and/or heard. All five senses are used when speaking, hearing, writing and reading the Hebrew language. Therefore, the concepts of wisdom and foolishness in the book of Continue Reading
Life without a Purpose {The Atlanta Journal Constitution}
“We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us really happy is something to be enthusiastic about.” — Charles Kingsley The term “the golden years” was coined in 1959 in an advertising campaign for America’s first large retirement community, located in the middle of the Arizona desert. The advertisers targeted couples, 55 and older, who would embrace retirement as the crowning achievement of a lifetime of hard work by traveling, playing Continue Reading
