Author: Dr. Philip W. Turner

• Running Low on Patience

  Not everyone has had the experience of their vehicle running out of gas. We may have driven on “Empty”, but… Read more.

• Salty Talk

  I am one of those individuals who salt everything I eat, often before I have even tasted it. For me,… Read more.

• Is There Any Good News?

  How often do we ask these days, “Has anyone seen my phone?” Oh, how we tend to misplace them in… Read more.

• His Strength is Perfect

  We are bombarded daily by advertisements of products that promise to do this or that for us. Such advertisements guarantee… Read more.

• Messy Church

  I recently watched a video on YouTube that captured small children making messes in their homes and on themselves. They… Read more.

• Forgiveness: The Last Word

  We’ve all said things that didn’t come out the right way. What we intended to say sounded perhaps insensitive, harsh,… Read more.

• Star Light, Star Bright: Choosing our Words

  If you live in the city, it can be difficult to see stars at night compared to living out in… Read more.

• Happily Ever After

  For a majority of fairytales, the ending is often the same, “they lived happily ever after.”As the story comes to its… Read more.

• Living on Empty

           When the Colonial Pipeline shut down this past week because of a cyber-attack, panic buying followed.  With the possibility of running… Read more.

• A New Song

  Have you ever gotten a song stuck in your head? For whatever reason, you find yourself singing or humming a tune… Read more.

• One Thing After Another

  Sometimes life piles up on you. You find yourself having to deal with several difficulties or stressful situations all at… Read more.

• He Restores My Soul

  For a time period in my life, I took up the hobby of furniture restoration. I did so mainly because… Read more.

• You Who Are Weary Come Home

  The classic hymn, Softly and Tenderly, is sung often in Christian worship. In 1880 William L. Thompson penned the lyrics… Read more.

• Are We There Yet?

  Most parents have heard the chorus rise from the back seat of their car when traveling with children, “Are we there… Read more.

• Leaving Your Nets Behind

  We’ve all probably had the experience of traveling away from home but leaving something behind that we meant to bring… Read more.

• Breaking News

  It just seems that a day doesn’t go by that we don’t hear about breaking news. Whether it is the cable news… Read more.

• Going the Distance

  Sometimes in our lives we embark on some kind of endeavor, but we just cannot finish it. For whatever reason,… Read more.

• Stress Test

  A stress test, also called an exercise stress test, shows how your heart works during physical activity. Because exercise makes… Read more.

• It Only Takes a Spark

  During this winter season, I have enjoyed starting a fire in the fireplace each evening after work. Not only for… Read more.

• Lane Ends, Merge Right

  One of the road signs you sometimes encounter when driving your car is one which reads “left or right lane ends… Read more.