Hot Wheels, Love and Giving

In Rachel Remen’s book “My Grandfather’s Blessings” she tells of playing Hot Wheels with her 6-year-old nephew, Kenny.  Kenny had two of the little cars and they had a great time with imaginary traffic events, and crashes, and drives along the cliff edge, the window sill.   An oil company’s promotion of giving away Hot Wheels for gas purchases allowed Rachel and her friends to present Kenny with a box of every model of the cars. Continue reading

What Does That Mean?

Are you a literalist when it comes to the Christian Bible?  Does a friend challenge you that the King James Version is the only “true” translation of Holy scripture when you are reading from the NIV or perhaps the Living Bible?  Do you bristle when someone says to you that the Bible is just a book of stories?   Or maybe when a friend tells you that Jesus was just one of several good teachers at that time? Continue reading