We all experience moments when it seems like nothing good can come of the misfortune that has befallen us. But God has a way of taking the worst that can befall us and giving us opportunity to use it for good.
The movie “Don’t Look Up,” released last month on Netflix, has become the talk on social media, according to BuzzFeed. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence and Meryl Streep, the doomsday movie is a satire of our current culture. Sometimes it seems too close to reality for comfort, a…
As the New Year dawns, we focus on looking forward. The past is written, and, although it will continue to be reinterpreted in our minds by selective memory, we know what it is. The future, however, is always difficult to predict.
The ball drops in Times Square, fireworks light the night sky in cities large and small, the Rose Parade makes its way through the streets of Los Angeles and stadiums vibrate with enthusiasm as the best college teams face off against each other. We celebrate the end of 2021 and the arrival of 2022.
I grew up near Waco and have fond childhood memories of family picnics at Cameron Park. I was 10 years old when I first visited Lover’s Leap, a site high atop the limestone cliffs that overlook the Brazos River.
For the last four years, astronomers have been studying a massive black hole with a total mass greater than 800 million suns.
I like going to the movies. I like sitting in the front row of the upper section, my wife’s favorite spot. We prop our feet on the rails in front of us, sit back buried in surround sound and share a box of popcorn and a Diet Coke.
Next week, the world will mark the 80th anniversary of a date President Franklin Roosevelt declared would live in infamy — Dec. 7, 1941.
It’s that time of year: crisp and cool mornings, children kicking through leaves scattered about the lawn, football stadiums packed with cheering fans, parades with marching bands and the smell of turkey baking in the oven.
The trees have turned. Many have dropped their leaves. Winter is at the door, and COVID has loosened its grip. Football is in the air, stadiums are packed and the Cowboys are finally winning again.
“Believe” is an interesting word. Sometimes we use it to indicate doubt. If we’re not entirely certain of something, we will say, “I believe so.” For instance, if someone asks, “Are your friends joining us for dinner?” We will say, “I believe so.” Meaning, I think they are, but I’m not quite sure.
Virtually all the world’s cultures have a version of the golden rule, easily derived with or without any references to the supernatural. For Christians, the usual expression of this, from Matthew 7:12, is “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” A closely related idea from Christ…
The length of every football field is 100 yards. Every pitcher’s rubber is 60 feet, 6 inches from home plate. The bases are 90 feet apart. Every basketball hoop is 10 feet high, and every free throw line is 15 feet from the backboard. Every tennis court is 78 feet long. The service line is 2…
On Sunday, miniature ghosts, goblins and superheroes will emerge at dusk to comb the streets in search of candy. Even Dr. Anthony Fauci has encouraged children to “go out there and enjoy” Halloween.
I first heard Billy Graham preach in 1970 at the old Cowboys Stadium in Irving. The legendary teams of Tom Landry had yet to play in the stadium, which was in its last stages of construction. I sat in rapt silence with more than 50,000 others as Graham preached.
All of us have blind spots. Our brain fills in the picture, so we don’t realize it. But the blind spots in our field of vision are real.
I’ve often risen before dawn to sit outside under the stars listening as the birds announce the coming day. It starts with a tweet or a chirp, and then, as a crimson glow streaks the gray sky, their songs rise to a chorus as the sun breaks above the horizon.
This week we visited Rocky Mountain National Park. The elk were out. Their bugle echoed through the hills. Peaceful cows grazed in the meadow under the watchful eye of an antlered bull.
In 2016, scientists documented the existence of gravitational waves in the universe, a phenomenon Albert Einstein postulated 100 years before. With this discovery, they said, they could look back to the earliest beginnings of the universe.
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