Image via Wikipedia Thomas Merton, the noted American Catholic monk and author was born today.  Merton spent much of his life at Gethsemane, a Trappist monastary about 25 minutes from my hometown in Bloomfield, KY.  His writings have provided much spiritual food for many people throughout the years.  Below are a few quotes from Merton [...]

Image via Wikipedia On January 29, 1963, the American poet Robert Frost died at the age of 88.  During his lifetime Frost won 4 Pulitzers. FIRE AND ICE by: Robert Frost (1874-1963) OME say the world will end in fire, Some say in ice. From what I’ve tasted of desire I hold with those who [...]

On Jan. 28, 1986, space shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after liftoff from Cape Canaveral, killing all seven crew members. Crew: (front row) Michael J. Smith, Dick Scobee, Ronald McNair; (back row) Ellison Onizuka, Christa McAuliffe, Gregory Jarvis, Judith Resnik I was walking through the TV room in the Powell Student Building at Eastern Kentucky [...]

On this day in 1927, the Harlem Globetrotters played their 1st game.  As a kid I grew up watching the exploits of Globetrotters like Meadowlark Lemon and Curly Neal.  I had no idea of their significance in society and culture, however.  Below are links to an enlightening documentary about the Globetrotters.  If you have enjoyed [...]

American Methodist bishop Francis Asbury wrote in his journal on this day in 1779: ‘We should so work as if we were to be saved by our works; and so rely on Jesus Christ, as if we did no works.’ The first General Assembly of the Church of God convened on this day in 1906. [...]