A BROKEN HARPSICHORD

Late in life, Beethoven spent hours playing a broken harpsichord.

Barney CargileNovember 18, 2022Comment

MERCIES EACH MORNING

God gave Jeremiah a tough assignment. He called the prophet to preach to people who stubbornly

Barney CargileNovember 11, 2022Comment

HOW DID YOU LIKE YOUR HEART ATTACK?

Bob Benson in See You at the House relates a conversation with a friend who’d recently had a serious heart attack.

Barney CargileNovember 4, 2022Comment

CRAZY WALMART CLERK

Imagine we’re shopping together at Walmart. As I pay for my purchases,

Barney CargileOctober 28, 2022Comment

OUR MASTER WEAVER

In times past, when creating a Persian rug, a master weaver tightly stretched cloth across a wooden frame.

Barney CargileOctober 21, 2022Comment

GLUING PROBLEMS BACK TOGETHER

Yang Fu, curator of Wu Wei City Museum in China, was transporting a box containing a two-thousand-year-old wooden turtle dove when the bottom fell out of the container.

Barney CargileOctober 14, 2022Comment

A PLACE TO REST

In 2006, a store with an unconventional mission opened at Minnesota’s Mall of America. Creatively called MinneNAPolis,

Barney CargileOctober 7, 2022 Comment

THE ONE JESUS LOVED

“Go away I’m asleep…” “I was hoping for a pyramid…” “Please deactivate my Facebook account…”

Barney CargileSeptember 30, 2022 Comment