Monthly Archives: May, 2016
Nearing Home (a book review)
Nearing Home is written by Dr. Billy Graham, published by Thomas Nelson Publishers, Nashville, TN Copyright 2011. Graham wrote this book when he was 92 years old. The subject, appropriately so, is on aging. It is practical and easy to read. The outline is sensible and easy to follow. In my opinion, Graham, as usual, …
The Cuckoo Clock
It hung on the wall silent for fourteen months. The weights did not budge and the pendulum hung motionless. The door to the little cuckoo bird stood open and the silent bird sat on his perch. Apparently something went wrong. But what? I called the clock repair shop in a nearby town and the lady …
Pilgrims and Foreigners
Since I am reading a series of books that reaches forty books in length, I have become more interested than ever in the word, pilgrim. While the English translation describes the first settlers in Plymouth Colony, that also seems to be the only definition presented in the English dictionary. Used as a noun, the word …
Herbert Hoover (Book Review)
Herbert Hoover by David Holford, Eslow Publishers, Berleley Heights, NJ, Copyright 1999, 128 pages Once again, rather than slog my way through an expensive 400 page length book to learn about Herbert Hoover, I selected a book of 128 pages from the juvenile section of the library. It is written in 6th grade level. All …
The Shepherd's Presence 