Christ never gives up......

Two Years Before the Mast is both a reveting story of adventure and an insightful story of life at sea in the ealry nineteenth century.  It is the sotry of nineteen-year-old Richard Henry Dana who grew up in a wealthy family in Boston and was enrolled comfortably in Harvard University. One day, Dana abandons his noble life to hire on as a common seaman on a merchant ship of the day. [READ MORE]

Do you ever get tired of waiting – waiting for winter to end (It’s not even actually begun yet!) – waiting for the children to tidy their room – waiting to see a doctor while the sign in his reception room says you’ll be charged for missing an appointment – waiting for Christmas to come?   ... No matter what our age waiting can build one’s patience or test it to its very core.  ...   [READ MORE]

Do you remember those old movies that involved a person falling into quicksand?  I remember old movies where some unfortunate individual would accidently get into quicksand.  They would get stuck in what looked like gooey muck on screen even though quick sand is really very fine particles of very dry [...] [READ MORE]