A collection of spiritual topics, digests, and biblical teachings to help further your Christian growth
In September 1988, the popular hit song “Don’t Worry, Be Happy” was penned and released by Bobby McFerrin. It was composed in full acapella combined with feel good lyrics and a catchy, whimsical whistling melody. The message of the song is that no matter how unpleasant a situation gets, do not worry and just be happy. While a great classic, …
Several years ago I watched an episode of Xena, The Warrior Princess and at the final scene of the particular episode, Xena and Gabrielle arrive at a lake. Turning to Gabrielle, Xena said, “See how calm the surface of the water is?…That was me once.” Xena then throws a rock into the lake, both looking at the ripples that formed …
The term “Kobayashi Maru” was coined in the popular science fiction franchise, Star Trek. The Kobayashi Maru was a programmed computer simulation that created a scenario in which no winning outcome was possible. A real life example would be a pilot stuck on a burning plane without a parachute. The pilot could choose to jump or remain on the plane. …
The Greek hero Daedalus built two pairs of wings for both himself and his son Icarus as a means of escaping a king’s prison tower. Daedalus had warned his son before taking flight, not to fly too high in the sky otherwise the sun’s heat would melt the wax holding the feathers together, causing the wings to fall apart and …
King Hiero once gave his craftsman gold to make him a golden crown. And when the craftsman had finished the work, he presented the crown to the king. The king however was not convinced that the crown was entirely made of gold. The king believed he had been duped, that the craftsman had replaced some gold with silver and kept …
The Heilingenstadt Testament was a personal letter written by the great virtuoso Beethoven on October 6th, 1802 to his two brothers. The letter was discovered after his death and as a result, we know the composer had at one period in his life considered committing suicide. At the height of Beethoven’s fame and skills, the composer began to lose his …
Gonxha Agnes Bojaxhiu was born in 1910 to parents, Nikola and Drana Bojaxhiu in Skopje, a Balkan city in Macedonia. The youngest of 3 children, Gonxha was only eight years old when she lost her father, leaving her mother Drana to shoulder the responsibility of parenting alone. The sudden death of her father left the family financially burdened. Nevertheless, her …
The evil queen would often ask the magic mirror, “Who’s the fairest of them all?” The mirror would respond, “Thou, O Queen, art the fairest in the land.” And she was, at least for a time, until the day Snow White came of age and became the fairest in the land. The queen’s vanity could not abide this shift and …
Lord Byron was a famous poet of the 19th century and still regarded as one of the greatest British poets who ever lived. Aside from his poetry, he is also known for his daughter, Ada Lovelace who was a gifted mathematician and considered the first computer programmer. But the poet also had another daughter. Her name was Allegra. She was …
During the era of the French revolution, came a period known as the Reign of Terror which lasted about a year (1793 – 1794). The Reign of Terror introduced death by Guillotine, an execution device. Maximilien Robespierre, the man who spearheaded the Reign of Terror campaign gave a speech saying, “…the basis of popular government during a revolution is both …