I can remember in detail a story which was told to me several years ago. A good friend had a son, Ken, who was working for a large grocery store in his area. He was a good high school student as well as worker. One evening my friend was waiting in his car to give his son a ride home after work. The store manager appeared at his car window. He rolled it down. The manager introduced himself and asked if her were Ken’s dad.
He readily admitted he was, not quite knowing what to expect. The manager thrust his hand into the car and shaking hands said: “Congratulations for having such a fine son and such an exceptional worker.
There was a naturalist named William Beebe and he was a friend of President Theodore Roosevelt. Roosevelt, of course, was a great friend of nature, as we know. He began the now very extensive National Park system.
Samuel Clemons, better known by his pen name, Mark Twain, was often asked to be a speaker at public events. He lived between 1835-1910. His books, Tom Sawyer, and Huckleberry Finn, are still good reading today. I loved Tom Sawyer as a youngster. I especially liked Tom Sawyer Island at Disneyland!
Benjamin Franklin was one of the most successful diplomats in our nations early history. He was so good at making friends, and helping them to agree on lending money to the colonies that we won the Revolutionary War.
I received a letter a few days ago asking me some questions about my book “The Illegal Trial of Christ.” I politely responded and answered the questions asked of me.
There is something I just can’t understand—at all! Yesterday in my blog I gave some little bit of background about our U.S. Constitution. I mentioned that our Constitution has been amended only 17 times since the original Bill of Rights was adopted. Seventeen times since December 15, 1791. That’s more than 225 years.