"The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness can never extinguish it." John 1:5 "The Stoning of Saint Stephen" Rembrandt, 1625,...

It has been 24 years. I will never forget. A Dream It was a beautiful Fall morning on September 11, 2001. The sun was shining so...

“Blue skies, smiling at me. Nothing but blue skies, do I see.” Ella Fitzgerald Anyone who has known me for a more extended than average...

Interpersonal relationships impact our impressions and expressions. I came across this fascinating painting of Mary and Jesus recently. “...

“If all the harps in the world were burned down, still inside the heart, there will be hidden music playing.” – Rumi Native Floridian...

“I did think I did see all heaven before me, and the great God himself.” George Frideric Handel George Frideric Handel, the Baroque...

The Tower of Babel is a sad but compelling story recorded in Scripture over 2,500 years ago. History books today teach that the story is...

“We should never judge anyone; a ‘wicked’ action which we may see as ‘evil’ may be necessary for the greater good. Where would the story...

“I don’t think of all the misery but of the beauty that still remains.” Anne Frank At some point in our lives, we will experience...

"If we discover a desire within us that nothing in this world can satisfy, also we should begin to wonder if perhaps we were created for...

Beethoven said "To play without passion is inexcusable!" Eastern University's 10th president's extraordinary mix of creativity,...

"Speaking to one another with psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit. Sing and make music from your heart to the Lord." Ephesians 5:19...

"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are." Theodore Roosevelt Norman Rockwell’s The Problem We All Live With embodies the...

“The caged bird sings with a fearful trill; of things unknown but longed for still, and his tune is heard on the distant hill, for the...

"Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!" Psalm 46:10 In a time of crisis,...

“I will bless the Lord at all times; his praise shall continually be in my mouth.” Psalm 34:7 When King David played the harp and sang,...

“So, he set off and went to his father. But, while he was still far off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion…” Luke 15:20...

"So Peter went out with the other disciple, and they were going toward the tomb. Both of them were running together, but the other...

“And their eyes were opened, and they knew him, and he vanished out of their sight.” (Luke 24:31) Baroque master, Michelangelo Merisi da...

"Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!" John 1:29 “Lamb of God” (in Latin, Agnus Dei) is an oil painting by the...