I recently read a story about a traveler who was having a conversation with a farmer from upstate New York. They both were discussing the weather, and the farmer assured the traveler that he could tell what the weather was going to be by watching the behavior of his cows. “When the cows are standing,

One day Abraham invited a beggar to his tent for a meal. When grace was being said, the man began to curse God, declaring he could not bear to hear his name. Seized with indignation, Abraham drove the blasphemer away. When he was at his prayers that night, God said to him,    “This man has

“You are the salt of the earth; but if salt has lost its taste, how can its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything, but is thrown out and trampled under foot.  You are the light of the world. A city built on a hill cannot be hid.  No one after lighting