Why do onions make you cry? Apparently there is a chemical known as lachrymatory-factor synthase which is released into the air when you slice into an onion. When specific enzymes react and rearrange in the air an acid known as syn-propanethia-5-oxide enters the air space where the onion was cut and comes in contact with […]
Category: Daily Inspiration
Lift Your Spirit
I remember one of the first times I experienced singing this song in church. I balled. And I couldn’t stop. That’s me when it comes to lyrics that seem to reach down deep into those places where no one is allowed entry. The one singing will enhance the experience, but it is still yet the […]
Thankful Thursday
When I was growing up, music in the church was very somber and very ‘funeral’ in nature. The atmosphere and even the people behaved with a reverence that extended beyond respect but put a lid on expression. I always wondered why that was. And it never made sense to me why the lyrics, when you […]
Identity Crisis
In years past, I’ve had the tendency to label myself as being ‘tech-challenged.’ Being away from the formality of the corporate world for a couple decades caused me a sense of paralysis when I decided to make a few changes in my work life outside of the home. But GOD has a sense of humor […]
Lift Your Spirit
I am reminded of the example of Moses — he just kept showing up to do what GOD gave Him to do. Forty years, day in and day out — sounds like a job, doesn’t it? But that’s what Moses knew to do. Then one fiery day, Yahweh appeared to Moses in a larger than […]
Thankful Thursday
Faithful love … these are BIG words for me … I think because it’s hard to have them so close together in the same sentence. Living life in this fallen world, it’s common place to experience disappointment more often than faithfulness. So when we declare someone or something is ‘faithful,’ we attribute enormous confidence that […]
Titus Two 