Archive for February 2001

Imagine going to the doctor’s office with severe pain. Instead of identifying the symptoms and making an accurate diagnosis, the physician only guesses at the problem and gives you a pain-killer. Would that resolve the health problem? No. (I recall a young man from our church going to the hospital with seriious abdominal pain; he…

Ministry trips to Great Britain gave me the wonderful opportunity to see historic castles there. These fortresses have stood for centuries as bastions of defense in their area. The castle in Edinburgh, Scotland, for example, overlooks the city and tops the “royal mile” that leads to the Queen’s residence. Although castles today serve more as…

From the archives of my memory comes a TV game show from the late 1950’s. It was called, “To Tell the Truth.” After quizzing some family and friends, I tracked down a description of the British version of this vintage program. Four celebrities come to play by asking questions of three protagonists. One of the…

A hotel on the Niagara Peninsula parked a full scale antique trading ship next to it. It sits there silently in the waters of Lake Ontario. The vessel can no longer sail; it’s just a landmark. When I noticed the ship, I imagined the majestic sailing vessels that have traversed the world’s oceans for centuries.…