None of us who live in 2020 were alive when the first Civil War was fought. We know about it because of the battlefields which dot the landscape from Gettysburg in the North to Vicksburg in the South. For four long years (1861–1865) the nation engaged itself in a bitter conflict that took approximately 600,000 American lives. The wounds of that war healed over, but the scars have remained for generations. Now we are at another crossroad which will decide the course of our nat

We all know the drill. The alarm goes off and you know what it means. It may jar you at first, but you get the message. Consider the message and the impact of an alarm the Lord has set for us. “Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.”— Eph. 5:14. If there is anything to be learned from the COVID-19 crisis, it is that all of us need to listen to the alarm and awaken from our slumber. If there is anything to be le

Mirrors! Mirrors! They are everywhere it seems. In addition to being useful, they are also fascinating to us. A child or an animal may be entertained by just looking into a mirror. We probably all looked into a mirror this morning and hopefully were benefited by that. Grooming is the most common usage for mirrors; but they are also used for decoration, for safety in driving, for security, in instruments and even for entertainment (e.g., distortion mirrors and mirror mazes). A