BBC News: Opposition MPs in the Bulgarian parliament have protested after a media tycoon was appointed to head the national security agency. Delyan Peevski, 32, a member of the country’s Turkish minority party, was voted into the post without a debate by the ruling Socialists and their allies. He had been nominated by the new Prime […]

Mark 4:35-41 (NIV) 35 That day when evening came, he said to his disciples, “Let us go over to the other side.” 36 Leaving the crowd behind, they took him along, just as he was, in the boat. There were also other boats with him. 37 A furious squall came up, and the waves broke […]

Have you ever received a gift that would mean nothing to others, but meant the world to you?  This past Christmas my son gave me a brand new case for my iPhone. Now at first that may sound like a great gift.  The only problem was it was blue patent leather and it was pretty […]

Four crumbling stairs leading up the hill from the rock-encrusted sidewalk—that’s all that’s left. If you drove by today, you wouldn’t know that I once smashed honey bees on the driveway with a shovel, or that I did so barefooted until one got a squishy revenge. You also wouldn’t know about the loft in the […]

I’ve have found that the worst thing to do with emptiness is to try and run from it. If you run from emptiness, you will miss the song. Emptiness that is not avoided, causes you to ask questions you would otherwise never ask. Emptiness is not the valley of death, but rather, the valley of […]