January 10, 2007 | 6 comments
The only survivor of a shipwreck was washed up on a small, uninhabited island. He prayed feverishly for God to rescue him, and every day he scanned the horizon for help, but none seemed forthcoming. Exhausted, he eventually managed to
December 14, 2006 | No comments yet
Sent to me by a reader… In her classic poem “The Gate of the Year,” the poetess M. Louise Haskins penned the lines: And I said to the man who stood at the gate of the year:“Give me a light,
October 26, 2006 | No comments yet
In the October 2006 issue of Readers Digest, the Health IQ section reported… The Institute of Medicine looked at the prevalence of medication errors and found scary stuff: The average hospital patient is the victim of about one medication error
October 14, 2006 | 1 comment
Sent to me by a reader… Ballad of the Tempest By James Fields We were crowded in the cabin, Not a soul would dare to sleep,– It was midnight on the waters, And a storm was on the deep. ‘Tis
October 9, 2006 | 2 comments
Yesterday, I was working in my home office while 5 children were playing in our yard on the back side of our house. I launched out of my chair to their play area when I heard a hostile dogfight erupt