Garbage In. Garbage Out. “GIGO” or “GARBAGE IN – GARBAGE OUT” is an old phrase referring to computers. However, GIGO can also refer to our minds. If you get “garbage” from your mind it is because we have put “garbage” into it. You can NOT get good actions from your self… unless you feed your…
Dear Praying Friend— August is now almost over and three weeks ago my son and I returned from a 47 day, 3500+-mile trip. Whew! Lots of driving! And five different flights —in six different states. Joy was spread. Wonder shared. His truth proclaimed. We saw many hearts come to know Christ. And many recommitments, too!…
You’ve probably heard the illustration about a man eating an elephant; How would it be possible? In a way that should be a challenge to every Christian … he ate it one-bite-at-a-time. Eventually, you would have consumed the entire elephant. What in the world has this to do with Christians or with Satan’s attacks on…
However, when they got to where Jesus was, there were so many people crowded around Him that they could not get their friend to Jesus. So they lifted their friend up onto the roof, broke open the tiles of the roof and lowered their friend down before Jesus.
But did He actually rise from the dead? I’ve read many convincing arguments on this. But for me the ONE fact that clinched it was the fact of the changed lives. Those who were His disciples and followers. Before the crucifixion, they had been frightened by even a little girl who accused them of being a follower.
At age 13, it was my full and mature intention to become a daring escape artist. And these handcuffs are just the ticket! Or so I thought. It never entered my early adolescent mind that a 13-year-old escape artist might be a bit delusional. Houdini-Lite It all started with reading about the late uber-famous Harry…
Surprised By Wonder. Dear Praying Friend, March is half over…which means soon the first quarter of 2019 will have already passed. Time is flyin’! There’s so much good news to share with you! It’s so easy to get overburdened with bad news it’s vital that we take time to reflect on the good! The trip…
“You should meet him. He’s a nice young man and a good magician.” “I don’t want to.” “He just moved here, and I think you’d be good friends.” “No, I don’t need to meet him.” “He’s got a car, Fetaque.” “Ok, I’ll meet him.” And that is how my friend and mentor Sammy Smith got…
The International Brotherhood of Magicians I was distraught when they started tearing down the orange grove, just beyond Lake Holloway Blvd. I loved playing in the groves. Ahh, progress is often painful. So the fruit trees came down. However, there was a bright spot to losing the trees: the paved roads. I found this exciting…
The following excerpt is from my forthcoming book, due out this Christmas… I hope it is a fun read and a blessing to you, today! Let me know what you think! One particular effect I was enamored with was the Straitjacket. Having first read about Houdini in Walter Gibson’s Master Magicians I have been fascinated…