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Growing up on the island of Jamaica, avocados (called "pear" by most Jamaicans), while in season, were a staple at almost every meal. We were chasing through the brush to bring back the prized pear to our families or simply sit and eat it as friends. Everyone in my town knew where a pear tree was to be found and...

The dangers in space require that astronauts wear special suits for protection. There are two kinds of spacesuits that astronauts wear. One kind is worn during lift-off and again on re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere. The other one is...

Imagine that there was a young boy born to a poor family. As the boy got older, he worked hard and saved up his money to go to college. When deciding what to get a decree in, he asked God, and God...

The thunder rumbled; lightning flashed in the darkening atmosphere. Olaf believed that God could divert the storm, so that is what he asked his heavenly Father to do. When Olaf put forth his petition before Heaven, the storm...

When we surrender there is a power from the Lord that is unleashed. Why? Because we let go of our agenda and allow God, the Infinite and All-Knowing One, to work in ways we cannot imagine.

There are so many kinds of flat bread that's served in India. This recipe requires only 2 ingredients (spelt flour and warm water).

Two years ago, my mother suffered an ischemic stroke. (This is a life-threatening condition that had cut off blood flow to the brain, killing brain cells, and left her left leg and arm paralyzed.) To minimize the risk of reoccurrence, she was put on blood thinners to keep her blood from clotting too easily. Now, almost two years later, the caregivers reported that her fingers kept bleeding. This continued for...

Abraham Lincoln was no stranger to depression. His melancholy tendencies combined with an impoverished childhood, failed businesses, and unfulfilled love seemed to point only to defeat. At one time he...

I was awakened at a very young age to what sounded like fighting in my parent’s bedroom, and what I saw was something no child should ever see, and that was the abuse of my mother and the raging temper of my father. We moved a lot, and in my child’s mind, I didn’t understand why we moved more than other pastors’ families. I would settle in and make friends, then we would move again, changing schools every few years. As I grew into middle school and was old enough to understand, I became aware of...

The word “love” is the most explicitly used, extremely misused and abused word, and at the same time, the least demonstrated action word. Numerous writers have attempted to define love, and many continue to amend and amplify the significance of this most desirable concept. It is unfulfilling to...

How much more effective it is to be a burden bearer for those who are living, rather than just carrying their coffin as a pallbearer when they die! Both have their place. But oh, the joy of being able to be like Jesus in making someone else’s life more tolerable, more hopeful or more...

"You have three months to live, tops!" proclaimed the doctor. This was the death sentence told to Lydia. Lydia knew she was older, a senior citizen, but to be told she only had three months to live was...