LightGramsNovember 7, 2024Volume 28, Number 33 The story out of Laurel County, Kentucky less than two months ago captured the nation’s attention. As cars traveled along busy Interstate 75 near London, shots began ringing out. When the shots stopped, 12 cars had been hit and five people had been injured. The manhunt focused on a…
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LightGramsJune 6, 2024Volume 28, Number 15 Residents of a Monrovia, California neighborhood have discovered something that will attract bears. A recent UPI story told of a bear that had been caught on camera entering a home through a window and leaving with a bag of Oreos cookies in its mouth. Though people were outside watching…
LightGramsFebruary 1, 2024Volume 28, Number 3 Daniel Fairbrother was recently stopped by police in Stevenage, Hertfordshire in England. He wasn’t in a car but was running. So why was he stopped? It was because of the refrigerator he had strapped to his back. The police were almost apologetic, but explained, “We’ve got to stop you.”…
LightGramsNovember 9, 2023Volume 27, Number 30 Life was significantly disrupted a few weeks ago in Athens, Greece. Work was proceeding on a major construction project when a 500-pound bomb from World War 2 was unearthed. Everything came to a stop as experts were called in. For the next two days people were instructed to not…
LightGramsOctober 19, 2023Volume 27, Number 28 Years ago, I was officiating a wedding when a phone started ringing. Phones ringing at inappropriate times is a common phenomenon, but this phone was in the groom’s pocket! I’m not sure how much conversation this later prompted between the man and his new bride, but I’ve made it…
LightGramsMay 25, 2023Volume 27, Number 14 Szu Ta Wu was approached by agents at Miami International Airport in March. He was traveling from Nicaragua to his home in Taiwan, and a faint chirping sound was coming from his carry-on bag. When asked to open his bag to be inspected, Wu pulled out a small egg.…
LightGramsMarch 2, 2023Volume 27, Number 7 To say that the security system in our church building has been annoying would be an understatement. Since they were installed about 15 years ago, we’ve had to deal with a fire system that has multiple sensors throughout the building. That system is monitored by an agency, and when…
LightGramsMarch 4, 2021Volume 25, Number 9 Teresa Ferrin works at a thrift store in Phoenix, Arizona. While working her shift earlier this year, a fellow worker brought in a piece of cardboard with military medals attached. Among the medals was a Purple Heart, given to women and men of the U.S. Military who are wounded…
LightGrams February 4, 2021 Volume 25, Number 5 Bloodhounds are legendary for staying on the trail of someone authorities are searching for. Give the dog a whiff of the person’s clothing and they’ll usually track them down. Today other species of dogs are being employed to sniff out COVID-19. In Germany a Belgian Shepherd and…
LightGrams January 21, 2021 Volume 25, Number 3 You may be familiar with the idiom, “I’ve got a tiger by the tail.” It’s not hard to figure out what it means: if you happen to latch onto a tiger’s tail, what do you do next? If you let go, it will turn on you and…