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Before beginning my daily chores, I scan through the news in hopes that I might have escaped the usual reports of war, of suffering, of injustice and of grand-scale tragedies.

On a TV game show, women were required to identify their partner only by looking at the men's bare feet, with all the rest of their body fully covered.

A few years ago a friend of mine invited my wife and me to a special lunch when we visited to Korea. He was a vice president of a big company. At a fancy restaurant located on the penthouse of a famous hotel, we enjoyed the lunch.

I guess it's part of my nature but I love to play with nouns, verbs of all conjugations and adjectives. They're all fair game when it comes to manipulating the combination of words and sentences.

Long ago, a Persia king wanted to know about the hardships of his people. Often he went to the homes of the poor in disguise. One day he visited a very poor man who lived in a cellar. He ate the coarse food and spoke cheerful, kind words to him.

"Who's turn is it to start?" "Who won the most games yesterday?" Typical questions these days between Hubby and me, questions I couldn't have imagined when we began our evening routine more than forty years ago.

A friend of mine wondered why God is so slow and quiet! Of course he didn't mean that God is like a slow learner and antisocial person.

You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough. Mae West Have you met anyone who has no special gift or talent? It is up to us to use our talents, our passions and our opportunities to share in the unfolding of God's plan.

At the previous church, an elderly gentleman told me the same story again and again, whenever I visited him. He was a veteran of the Second World War and had served as an air-force pilot. He still felt guilty about dropping bombs on towns.

There is no such thing as automatic doorsjust gentleman ninjas. Christian? You're a Christian? Get out of here, you're a Christian! Yes, I am a Christian.