by Vic Smith | Feb 1, 2021 | Faith, Hope, love
For decades the cold, gray days of winter have been warmed by the love of Valentine’s Day. But this year it seems that the red and pink hearts, flowers, and heart shaped boxes of candy have been overshadowed by face masks, hand sanitizer, and a pandemic whose numbers...
by Vic Smith | Jan 1, 2021 | Faith, Holiday, Hope, Self-Help
STEPS TOWARD A HAPPY NEW YEAR If ever there was a time when people are anxious to ring in a new year, it may be now. We are ready to put 2020 behind us and ring in 2021 with fireworks, confetti, blowing horns, and wishing each other a happy new year. Wonderful as...
by Vic Smith | Nov 1, 2020 | Faith, Holiday, Hope
If there were a list of modern day heroes of the faith, Corrie ten Boom would surely be near the top. Corrie was the youngest child of a devout Christian family in the Netherlands. As a deeply caring young girl, Corrie loved animals, especially birds, and people. She...
by Vic Smith | Sep 1, 2020 | Faith
Secret security Years ago, a major Atlanta department store was known for its sharp store security personnel. They wore bright red blazers with the store security emblem monogrammed on the breast pocket. Once while my wife was shopping, I struck up a...
by Vic Smith | Jul 1, 2020 | Faith
Diving Deeper When I was in college, I took scuba diving as a P.E. class. The class offered additional instruction and certifications which I took advantage of. Two of those certifications were deep diving and wreck diving. One dive for the certification took us...
by Vic Smith | Jan 1, 2020 | Faith
Pruning Produces More Fruit My wife is originally from Crabapple, Ga.—a charming community north of Atlanta. When God blessed us with our first home, we thought it was a good idea to plant a crabapple tree by the path to the front door. We didn’t anticipate it growing...
