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Mothers deserve to be honored

Good intentions don’t guarantee desirable outcomes. For example, in 1910, three years following her mother’s death, Anna Jarvis began the observance of Mother’s Day in Grafton, WV. Jarvis planned a special church service and encouraged people to give their mother a white carnation, saying, “Its whiteness is to symbolize the truth, purity and broad-charity of mother love; its fragrance, her memory, and her prayers. The carnation does not drop its petals, but hugs them to its heart as it dies, and so, too, mothers hug their children to their hearts, their mother love never ...

Science through the lens of theology

Science is better when studied through the lens of theology. For more than 40 years, doctors and dieticians have recommended that Americans avoid saturated fat, including dairy fat, citing the role that high cholesterol might play in causing heart attacks and strokes. Low fat milk and extra virgin olive oil replaced whole milk and butter in the diet of those most health conscious. Recent medical evidence, however, indicates that avoiding dairy fat may actually be more harmful than helpful. A September 2024 article in Barrons Magazine discussed studies from 2016 and 2018 that ...

Remember the Sabbath day

Four hundred fifty prophets of Baal and 400 prophets of Asherah battled with Elijah on Mount Carmel. Elijah was outnumbered, 850 to one. Knowing the odds were stacked, Elijah allowed the prophets of Baal every advantage. In the contest to call down fire from Heaven, the false prophets chose their animal for sacrifice and went first. Elijah granted them all the time they needed. After they failed to bring fire from Heaven, Elijah even handicapped his own effort by pouring water on his sacrifice and altar and, since the day was waning, kept his prayer brief: “Lord, the God of Abraham, ...