Posts by Tim Hall (Page 14)

Life On The Line

LightGrams March 5, 2020 Volume 24, Number 8 As we focus on the coronavirus, some are reminding us of similar events in the recent past. One such event was the SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) virus that broke out in southern China in 2002. The story of Dr. Joanna Tse emerges from that dark time…

Daily Focus, March 2, 2020

“Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you.”  James 4:8 Daily Bible Reading: Ecclesiastes 1:1 – 2:26 (“All things are full of weariness; a man cannot utter it; the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.”) This Week’s Memory Verse: “If I delay, you may know how…

Daily Focus, February 27, 2020

“Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you.”  James 4:8 Daily Bible Reading: Proverbs 29:1-27 (“A fool gives full vent to his spirit, but a wise man quietly holds it back.”) This Week’s Memory Verse: “As obedient children, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance.”  1 Peter 1:14…

Message In A Bottle

LightGrams February 20, 2020 Volume 24, Number 7 A man in England was recently walking his dog on the beach when he came across a bottle that had washed ashore. Inside was a message from 1938 from John Stapleford, asking whoever found the bottle to write to him in Hertfordshire, England. Attempts to locate this…

Daily Focus, February 12, 2020

“Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you.”  James 4:8 Daily Bible Reading: Proverbs 16:1-33 (“Gracious words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the body.”) This Week’s Memory Verse: “The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.”  John 1:5 Remember These In…

Daily Focus, February 10, 2020

“Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you.”  James 4:8 Daily Bible Reading: Proverbs 14:1-35 (“There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death.”) This Week’s Memory Verse: “The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.”  John 1:5…

Full Disclosure

LightGrams February 6, 2020 Volume 24, Number 5 If your job is to run a web site to attract tourists to your city, what do you highlight? Highly-rated restaurants? Beautiful local scenery? High crime rates? Lots of things to do? Wait – rewind a bit – “high crime rates”?! Is that any way to attract…

Daily Focus, February 4, 2020

“Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you.”  James 4:8 Daily Bible Reading: Proverbs 9:1-18 (“The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight.”) This Week’s Memory Verse: “So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.”  (Romans 10:17)…

Daily Focus, January 31, 2020

“Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you.”  James 4:8 Daily Bible Reading: Proverbs 6:1-35 (“He who commits adultery lacks sense; he who does it destroys himself.”) This Week’s Memory Verse: “For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but…

So Man Created Robot

LightGrams January 30, 2020 Volume 24, Number 4 “Prosthesis” is the name given to the world’s largest “tetrapod exoskeleton” (officially recognized by Guinness World Records). “Tetrapod” means it has four legs; “exoskeleton” refers to the fact that a person inside it pilots the movement of this robot. It stands just over twelve feet high, and…