Story behind the picture of Praying Hands

-  Albrecht Durer’s Praying Hands  – Back in the fifteenth century, in a tiny village near Nuremberg, lived a family with eighteen children. Eighteen! In order merely to keep food on the table for this mob, the father and head of the household,  goldsmith by profession, worked almost eighteen hours a day at his trade … Read more

Set a guard over your mouth

For out of the overflow of his heart the mouth speaks. -  Matthew 12:34, Luke 6:45 Oops!  The minute the words were out of my mouth I regretted saying them.  I thought, “I can’t believe I said that!” Next thought, “I wish I could take that back.”  But once words are spoken , they’re out … Read more