Time On His Hands

LightGrams April 16, 2020 Volume 24, Number 14 I don’t know Anthony Miracola of Temperance, Michigan other than by what I have read of him in a news article. The article told of his setting a new Guinness World Record recently by making 35 shots in one minute from behind a basketball goal. It was…

A Preacher On Fire

LightGrams April 9, 2020 Volume 24, Number 13 Stephen Beach was only doing what I and many other preachers have been forced to do. After social distancing was mandated in England because of the coronavirus pandemic, Beach went online to members of the St. Budeaux Church in Plymouth, southwestern England. The story carried by Reuters…

Daily Focus, April 4, 2020

“Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you.”  James 4:8 Daily Bible Reading: Luke 24:1-53 (“Then He said to them, ‘These are My words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written about Me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must…

Dash To Safety

LightGrams April 2, 2020 Volume 24, Number 12 The name “Aaron Rodgers” is familiar to all sports fans. For years he has been the quarterback for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League. He knows about making mad dashes for the end zone and rushing against the clock. He is regarded as one…

Daily Focus, April 1, 2020

“Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you.”  James 4:8 Daily Bible Reading: Luke 21:1-38 (“But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that its desolation has come near.”) This Week’s Memory Verse: “Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing.”  (1 Thessalonians 5:11)…

Daily Focus, March 27, 2020

“Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you.”  James 4:8 Daily Bible Reading: Luke 17:1-37 (“Was no one found to return and give praise to God except this foreigner?”) This Week’s Memory Verse: “Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me?  Hope in God;…

Toilet Paper Calculators

LightGrams March 26, 2020 Volume 24, Number 11 The photo I received summed up the situation before us: Pictured was a Las Vegas style gaming table. Instead of poker chips, there were rolls of toilet paper instead. Do I need to explain the meaning of this to anyone in the U.S.? We’re not alone. Yahoo…

Singing From Their Windows

LightGrams March 19, 2020 Volume 24, Number 10 China has been hit hard by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). A recent report shows that over 3,200 have died from its effects. What is more alarming, perhaps, is that in Italy the number of those who have succumbed to COVID-19 is only slightly less, almost 3,000. Italy’s…

Daily Focus, March 13, 2020

“Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you.”  James 4:8 Daily Bible Reading: Luke 57:1-39 (“I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.”) This Week’s Memory Verse: “When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in his…

Gyms Without Fans

LightGrams March 12, 2020 Volume 24, Number 9 The World Health Organization yesterday officially declared that there is a pandemic. COVID-19 (the coronavirus), which started in China late last year, has now spread into communities in the United States. Many measures have been announced which are aimed at containing the virus, to keep it from…