Sing to God, sing in praise of His name, extol Him who rides on the clouds ; rejoice before Him—His name is the LORD. A Father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling. Psalm 68:4-5 I recently read the account of Gertrude Ederle who was the first woman to successfully swim the English channel at 19 years old. As the story is told, Gertrude had won a gold medal in the 1924 Paris Olympics. The next year she made her first attempt to swim the Engli

Yes, another baseball analogy, and the title to a great movie. If you don't live amongst a baseball family you may miss the importance of both. Life will throw you curve balls, but how we handle difficult times, the events that seem to come out of nowhere and move in a crazy direction, will determine whether we miss or hit a home run. I caught myself praying for something trivial earlier this week. Catching myself, I apologized the the Most High for being a "spoiled brat." C