“One night the sea was very rough and it was very cold. I had gone downstairs when a huge wave smashed into the boat and injured two men on the deck. One of the men couldn’t move because he had broken his leg. They were taken to hospital by helicopter. Tha...
Long before Winnie the Pooh, the ancient Greeks and Romans already adopted the idea of personification. Their gods represent abstract concepts, like jealousy, beauty, or wisdom. A group of sister goddesses represents inspiration: the Muses. As Ray Bradbury reports: The Muse, then, is that most...
As Christians, we want to experience God through the Bible… we really do! But our good intentions fall flat when reading the Bible just doesn’t seem to help us experience God in a real way. What should feel dynamic and important and alive often feels confusing and boring and irrelevant....
“It was really amazing. It’s very hard to describe. It’s like a flavour enhancer with an amazing aroma. But it was like, ‘Oh, OK. This is what the Romans were trying to do,” says Grescoe of tasting Ferula drudeana. In The Lost Supper, Montreal-based writer Taras Grescoe explor...
were used in a technique called “grafting”. This dates back to ancient Egyptians and Romans, and involvesbindingliving twigs with fresh roots from the same species of tree to keep them alive. There are now nine surviving grafte...
Even when you have missed the mark, even in your worst moments, He still loves you. If you somehow got the idea that you have been disqualified from the love of God, you were mistaken. Nothing you have done can stop God from loving you. The Bible says God loved the world so much ...
I can imagine the Romans were attached to certain Gladiators. In more recent times it might be soccer, American football, basketball, tennis, cricket, rugby, or some other sport athlete. For some people, these individuals are like gods to them. It’s not the athlete’s fault for they are...
the fall of 2022, it was God sent for us to be able to travel, live, and work here in Macau. God completely satisfied our needs. We ultimately were hoping this to be a long-term solution, but quickly found out that we had some common misconceptions about Macau. This is perhaps a ...
For the Puritans, Catholics were the Romans, the ancient enemy the early Christians defined themselves in opposition to (along with the pharisaical Jews). For the Catholics, the enemy was not just the Jews who rejected Christ, but heterodox Christians who denied that the Catholic Chur...
March 23, 2022; I will never forget the day; I was just hanging on the ledge by my fingertips. I was anxious and during that time the question, “Why am I even alive if no one was willing to listen to my voice. Since no one was listening to me this created a huge block in my...