June 16, 2026 - Good Morning! It’s Tuesday, June 16.

Bet you didn’t think this morning’s devotion would be about snow. I read somewhere that the Eskimos have hundreds of different names for snow. I’m not sure that’s true, but it’s an interesting idea - the idea that the more important something is to you, the more you’ll focus on it, and the more ways you’ll find to describe it. Snow must be pretty important to Eskimos.

With that in mind, here - off the top of my head - are some synonyms for the word “heaven.”

June 12, 2026 - Good Morning! It’s Friday, June 12.

Francis Hopkinson was a renaissance man. In 1700’s colonial America, he was a lawyer, a judge, a merchant, an organist, a composer, and an author. He was a member of the Continental Congress, and a signer of the Declaration of Independence. And on June 14, 1777, his design was accepted for the flag of the United States. And you always thought it was Betsy Ross who did that!

June 10, 2026 - Good Morning! It’s Wednesday, June 10.

Happy Birthday, Judy Garland! She was born on this day in 1922. The singer, actress, and Hollywood icon passed away in 1969, at the young age of 47, and is forever connected with the classic song “Over the Rainbow” from the classic movie “The Wizard of Oz.” A couple of Sundays ago I heard a sermon that featured a clever metaphor from that movie.

June 8, 2026 - Good Morning!  It’s Monday, June 8.

A famous writer once gave an interesting quote about Heaven.  He said, “I think that Paradise will be like a big library.” Devout book lovers will see some sense in that - they’re always longing for more time to just sit and read.  Eternity in a library sounds pretty good to me.

June 4, 2026 - Good Morning! It’s Thursday, June 4.

On this day, in 1937, author Robert Fulghum was born. In 1986, 40 years ago, he published a little book that sold 17 million copies, stayed on the bestseller list for two years, and has been translated into 27 languages. I’ve got a copy of it in my library. It’s titled “All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten.”