Once upon a time, a little boy had trouble falling asleep. His father read him one story, and then another, and he still couldn’t fall asleep. Finally, his father was getting tired and said, “It’s time for me to go to bed.” The boy responded, “I don’t want to be alone.” His dad replied, “You…

Do any remember Samuel L. Jackson’s film “Snakes on a Plane?” If you saw it, and you might not want to admit it – a gangster puts snakes on a plane to kill a witness and the poisonous snakes run rampant biting people until the hero saves the day! Today’s scripture could easily be called…

Exodus 20:1-17 John 2:13-16 How many of you had to memorize the Ten Commandments as children? I remember it being a challenge for me as an eight-year-old to memorize these verses. It was also challenging for my prim and proper Sunday School teacher Miss Beebe to explain. Some commandments were straightforward. Sabbath keeping and honoring…