In Greek mythology the Underworld ruled by Hades (Romans called him Pluto) was a dark and gloomy place. Mighty rivers ran through it. One was called the Lethe. Whoever drank from that river forgot the...
There is an old Chinese proverb that says a man who keeps one eye on the past is blind in one eye. A man who keeps no eye on the past is blind in both eyes. Virgil wrote that Aeneas founded Rome after...
Visitors to EPCOT at Disney World may wonder about the name. Originally it was an acronym for Experimental Prototype City of Tomorrow. It was to be a whole new kind of city, but it was never built. Sh...
In Charles Schultz's famous Peanuts comic strip the little dog Snoopy is recalling the past. "I remember those summer evenings years ago at the Daisy Hill Puppy Farm. We used to sit around and sing wh...
In Bill Keane's comic strip The Family Circus the little girl is explaining time to her little brother. She says, "Yesterday's the past, tomorrow's the future, but today is a gift. That's why it's cal...
According to a recent news report, a Texas church received a lot of criticism for a sign that said, “Jesus Does Not Care.” ...
After Dunkirk, in the Second World War, there was a tendency on all hands to look for someone to blame for the disaster which had befallen the British forces, and there were many who wished to enter i...
Three Tenses We could hardly believe the advertisement. It comes from Holt Renfrew and it focuses on a "Future Perfect Micro-Targeted Skin Gel" that promises to give your skin what it needs - luminosi...
Blaise Pascal was a theologian, mathematician, scientist and philosopher. At the time of his death, those who cared for him found a parchment sewn into his clothing. It was a testimony concerning his ...
There's nothing sadder in this world than to awake Christmas morning and not be a child. (Erma Bombeck) Christmas is a time when everybody wants his past forgotten and his presents remembered. (Phylli...
According to a March 31 Baptist Press story, "The percentage of Americans who play the lottery has dropped significantly in recent years while the percentage who visit casinos has risen slightly, a Ga...
According to a March 31, 2003, Baptist Press story, "The percentage of Americans who play the lottery has dropped significantly in recent years while the percentage who visit casinos has risen slightl...
If you're always living in the past or rushing toward the future, how can you be present in and enjoy the now?...
What is the most expensive substance in the world? Neither is it gold, though it is now well past $1,300 an ounce; nor is it platinum. The most expensive thing per ounce is the ink for your computer p...
The week before Easter in Pampanga province in the Philippines, volunteers are crucified. Each remains on the cross for only a few minutes. The list of volunteers is so long that one must wait at leas...
Blaise Pascal was a theologian, mathematician, scientist and philosopher. At the time of his death, those who cared for him found a parchment sewn into his clothing....
Joe McKeever
Here are five visible changes in sermons and sermon delivery we have observed over the past two decades....
Tasha Tudor wrote and illustrated more than 75 books. She loved the past and decided to live in another time—in the 1830s. She dressed in antique clothing, wove her own cloth and cooked on a wood stov...