May 21, 2026 - Good Morning! It’s Thursday, May 21.
There’s a little verse in a little book by a little prophet... that has a BIG message. You probably know it well. It’s one of my favorites - Micah 6:8. “He has shown you, O man, what is good, and what the Lord requires of you. To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.” The secret of a successful life in a nutshell. And a verse that always reminds me of one of my favorite songs from one of my favorite Broadway musicals.
May 20, 2026 - Good Morning! It’s Wednesday, May 20. Everybody has a bad day from time to time. And we all have moments when our self esteem takes a nosedive. Well, the following facts featuring famous folks, remind us that we’re in good company!
May 19, 2026 - Good Morning! It’s Tuesday, May 19, and we’re right in the middle of... graduation season! And at this time of year, every year, a particular piece of classical music is heard all across America. I’m speaking, of course, of Edward Elgar’s “March in D, Land of Hope & Glory.”
“Sing to the Lord with praise; make music to our God on the harp.” Psalm 147:7
What do you think of when you hear the word “harp”? You probably get a mental picture of the modern concert harp, a huge instrument over six feet tall and weighing over a hundred pounds. It has 47 strings and a range almost as wide as a grand piano.
May 14, 2026 - Good Morning! It’s Thursday, May 14.
On May 14, 1984, a baby boy was born in White Plains, New York. His name was Mark Elliot Zuckerberg. At the tender age of 19, he created a website called The Facebook. Later, the “The” was dropped. Facebook is now the third most visited internet site in the world, behind Google and YouTube. More than 3 billion people use it regularly. I’m guessing that you’re probably one of them.
May 13, 2026 - Good Morning! It’s Wednesday, May 13.
On May 13, 1767, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composed his first opera. He was eleven years old! He actually began writing music when he was four. At four, I was learning to tie my shoes. When he was eight, Mozart finished his first symphony. I, on the other hand, was conducting a serious study of Saturday morning cartoons.
May 12, 2026 - Good Morning! It’s Tuesday, May 12.
Have you ever asked the question - Why do bad things happen to good people? I believe that we’ve all wondered that at one time or another, and that question reminds me of the story behind a Christian song.
I’m a committed collector - record albums and sheet music, vintage cameras and antique telephones, old coins and music boxes, political buttons and coca-cola memorabilia, wooden boxes and ceramic elephants. But my favorite thing to collect, and my biggest collection... is books. My latest library count is about 2000 volumes. Some people buy fancy cars. Some people buy boats or fine watches or the latest fashions. I buy books.
With this devotion, we complete our week-long series on mothers, leading to Mother’s Day. How many Bible moms can you name? Five? Fifty? Your list might include such notable women of scripture as Eve, Sarah, Hannah, Elizabeth, and Naomi. However long your list might be, I’m certain it would include one particular woman, a mother named Mary.
What can you tell me about the following women - Anna Pertl, Nancy Hanks, Pauline Koch, and Morrow Coffey? Well, unless you cheated and googled it, I’m pretty sure you didn’t recognize any of them. But they gave us the world’s greatest composer, greatest president, greatest scientist, and greatest evangelist. These women are the mothers of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Abraham Lincoln, Albert Einstein, and Billy Graham!