Category Archives: Wisdom of The Week

 This age has rightly been called the “age of information.” We have multitudes of books and periodicals in every field of study and practice and billions of dollars devoted to all kinds of research from finding a cure to cancer … Continue reading →

 We had the opportunity to attend an outdoor Easter sunrise service Sunday. It was cool (18 degrees!) and clear with a beautiful sunrise. What a great setting for singing the joyous hymns of our Savior’s resurrection!  As the rays of … Continue reading →

Have you ever had a week where your emotions were on a roller coaster of highs and lows? Maybe you had a fantastic, joyous, victorious “mountain-top” experience where you were riding high like a kite soaring in the spring breeze. … Continue reading →

Our birds are back! We’ve seen robins, house finches, downy woodpeckers, rufus-sided towhees, starlings, hoary redpolls, mourning doves, Oregon juncos, Canada geese, and the swallows should be here any day. I have a log to record when our birds arrive each … Continue reading →

Our state is embroiled in controversy over the re-introduction of wolves near Yellowstone Park several years ago. Those wolves multiplied very rapidly and have spread throughout Montana, Wyoming and Idaho and very adversely affected ranchers, costing them thousands of dollars … Continue reading →

A motto that was taught to us as engineers was “Never A Best Way, Always a Better Way.” It was to be an incentive to always look for a more efficient way to do things or to continue to improve a … Continue reading →

 “Lynsanity”  is now an official English-language word, declared so by the Global Language Monitor. I doubt there are many Americans (and scarcely any Asians)  who aren’t familiar with what the Wall Street Journal called Lin’s “quintessential underdog story.”  Jeremy Shu-How … Continue reading →

Our son got a pretty good start in life, weighing in at 10 lbs 4 oz!  One time when he was still not quite walking we were in a store to buy him some shoes. The shoe clerk, after putting … Continue reading →

Our vehicles have all sorts of warning lights and sounds to let us know of an impending problem with major systems such as electrical, cooling, gas, oil pressure, etc.,  before we incur serious damage from a system failure. Newer models … Continue reading →

 One of the most precious promises in God’s Word, and one that is given repeatedly, is “I will be with you.”  For example, when God spoke to the nation of Israel through the prophet Isaiah, He promised: “When you pass … Continue reading →