bearer of good news – Grandma's Gleanings

Day Three Hundred Eleven “Magic Eye”

May 24, 2020 by Cathy Winkle

There we stood, silently, arms crossed in deep concentration, as if we were viewing a priceless Monet at a chic French art gallery. But we were not in France, we were at our local shopping mall, enjoying an inexpensive date night, passing the time by window shopping. We would always find ourselves drawn to …

Day Two Hundred Fifty-One “The Pit”

April 25, 2020 by Cathy Winkle

Grandma, Grandma, came the hushed summons from down the hallway, I need a Kleenex. I had already lumbered down that hallway a number of times that evening: the I-need-a-drink trauma, the ever popular I-have-to-go-potty emergency, and this time would involve a much-needed tissue to wipe a drippy nose. I brought him the whole box …

Day Two Hundred Forty-Eight “Thermal Expansion”

April 22, 2020 by Cathy Winkle

This phenomenon has occurred in excess of 190 times over a four-year span in the United States alone. During intense heat waves, steel, the major component of railroad tracks, gets hotter, causing that steel to expand and start to curve, referred to as buckling. In physics, this phenomenon is defined as thermal expansion, the …

Day Two Hundred Forty-Six “Good News Bearer”

April 20, 2020 by Cathy Winkle

“And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers.” When the church was in its infancy, God would supernaturally equip a team of workers “For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ.” Evangelist, a word interpreted …