I frowned at my cellphone and sighed Worry wrinkled my brow A friend and I had had a serious disagreement over an issue with our children and I knew I needed to call her and apologize I didn rsquo t want to do it because our viewpoints were still in conflict yet I knew I hadn rsquo t been kind or humble the last time we discussed the matter Anticipating the phone call I wondered What if she doesn rsquo t forgive me What if she doesn rsquo t want to continue our friendship Just then lyrics to a song [... more]

Ironclad beetles are known for their tough exterior which protects them from predators One special variety however has extraordinary strength under pressure The insect rsquo s hard outer shell stretches rather than cracks where it joins together Its flat back and low profile also help it to resist fractures Scientific tests show that it can survive a compression force of nearly times its body weight God made this bug extra tough and He gave resilience to Jeremiah as well The prophet would face intense pressure when he delivered unwelcome messages to Israel so God promised to make him ldquo an [... more]

What do you imagine dinosaurs looked like when they were alive Big teeth Scaly skin Long tails Artist Karen Carr recreates these extinct creatures in large murals One of her panoramas is over twenty feet tall and sixty feet long Because of its size it required a crew of experts to install it in sections where it resides in the Sam Noble Museum of Natural History It would be hard to stand in front of this mural without feeling dwarfed by the dinosaurs I get a similar sensation when I read God rsquo s description of the powerful animal called [... more]