Broken Wings

photo of a man standing on remains of a damaged aircraft

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 …

Eureka!

Photo image of a dove in flight

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 …

Call of Duty

Hands Joined together in prayer

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 Armor of God

A man dressed in medieval armor

Ephesians 6:13-20. The purpose of investing ourselves in the divine armor is that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil (verse 11), that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore… This fourfold emphasis on the need to ‘stand’ or ‘withstand’ shows that the apostle’s concern …