Discover magazine suggests that there are around quintillion followed by zeros planets in the universe but only one like Earth Astrophysicist Erik Zackrisson said that one of the requirements for a planet to sustain life is to orbit in the ldquo Goldilocks rdquo zone where the temperature is just right and water can exist Out of quintillion planets Earth seems to be one planet where conditions are just right Zackrisson concluded that Earth somehow had been dealt a ldquo fairly lucky hand rdquo Paul assured the Colossian believers that the universe existed not because of Lady Luck but because of [... more]

Has it ever occurred to you that what you believe determines how you behave What you believe about God affects everything about you The decisions you make as well as your attitude in life are impacted by your beliefs They can be glorious or tragic as we will discover in the life of Jephthah [... more]

Gary was experiencing some balance issues while walking His doctor ordered physical therapy to improve his balance During one session his therapist told him ldquo You rsquo re trusting too much in what you can see even when it rsquo s wrong You rsquo re not depending enough on your other systems mdash what you feel under your feet and your inner-ear signals mdash which are also meant to help keep you balanced rdquo ldquo You rsquo re trusting too much in what you can see rdquo brings to mind the story of David a young shepherd and his encounter [... more]

In the Ecuadorian volcano Sangay erupted The BBC described the ldquo dark ash plume which reached a height of more than m rdquo The discharge covered four provinces about acres in gray ash and grimy soot The sky turned dingy and grim and the air was thick mdash making it difficult to breathe Farmer Feliciano Inga described the unnerving scene to El Comercio newspaper ldquo We didn rsquo t know where all this dust was coming from We saw the sky go dark and grew afraid rdquo The Israelites experienced a similar fear at the base of Mount Sinai as [... more]