30. The Principle of Beauty

Branches I'll be first to admit that I'm not very good with directions and maps. Neither ... more

27. Beauty

Beams of sunlight broke through the clouds this morning to cast a golden light on a roadside billboard structure. ... more

26. Progress

Hee Haw   The 1970s hit television comedy series Hee Haw (http://www.heehaw.com) had an unforgettable cast including names like Junior ... more

25. Faith

"He was such a comfortable person!" as a simple man once said to me of one of the best ... more

24. Experience

I think God really likes to see what we're going to do with our experiences. Are we going to ... more

23. Hope

In front of our house, not far from the road, is a retaining wall that stands about two feet ... more

20. Work

"I'm bored." "Bored? How could you be bored? Gosh, there's so much to do." "Like what?" Boredom -- it's a ... more

19. Science

I guess it'd be the science of psychology that would answer the questions of how and why simple words ... more

18. Sympathy

According to a recent statistic, somewhere in the country there is an automobile accident every five seconds. That ... more

17. Accessibility

My friend Delbert died last month at the age of seventy-four. A native of Arlington, Texas, Delbert loved the ... more

16. Thought

Pennies on the Track   As a young boy I would sometimes visit my father at his workplace. There was ... more

13. Visions

During the dry times in life - when things just don't seem too exciting - I have to push ... more

12. Humor

Back during college my buddies and I decided to go the beach during spring break. We'd heard a lot ... more

11. Retrospect

I consider retrospect to be more of an intellectual assessment of the past than a walk down memory ... more

10. Memory

Scientists are hoping that dust collected from a comet and recently returned to earth by a space probe will help ... more

9. Emotion

My grandmother, "Maffa," was a strong woman. She and her husband started a family during The Great Depression ... more

6. Growth

Above all, we ought to believe that we can do something to change ourselves, if we only try; that ... more

5. Knowledge

We want to understand; "life means for us constantly to transform into light and flame all that we are ... more

4. Education

Look back on your life and think of the many teachers who have influenced you and given you direction. ... more

3. Interpretation

God's Acre In 1944 L.P. Boylston deeded one acre of his land to God. He said ... more