I have created the Story Corner on the NicholsNotes site where you will find the story collection, each in both PDF and MP3 formats. Take a look. Year ago I wrote my version of God’s Three Trees, a traditional Appalachian Christmas story, and posted it to my site. Along with the PDF file sharing the…
I find olfactory noise offensive in many scenarios. Read on and see if you agree. Mood music invades our thoughts in most every venue including Lowes and Home Depot. Visit some homes and the conversation will compete with the sports broadcast or streaming music channel for the stage. Something about silence frightens people. We could…
There are those days where we need rust remover for the soul. I started my day mired in the gunk that grinds mental machinery to a screeching halt. So many negative thoughts ping-ponged between my ears! The worst part of it all? I was trying to have my morning quiet time—reading Scripture, praying, conversing with…
The doctrinal statement of the American Humanist Association, Humanist Manifesto II (dated 1973), states: “We find insufficient evidence for belief in the existence of a supernatural; it is either meaningless or irrelevant to the question of survival and fulfillment of the human race.” Is God real? Does He have personality or is God simply a…
The late Napoleon Hill, famed self-help author, shared with radio listeners his list of the major causes of failure in life. Number one is the “habit of drifting through life without a definite purpose or a definite plan for attaining it…Drifting. Lacking in singleness of purpose. Lacking a plan for carrying out the purpose. There…
People seek shortcuts. Get rich fast. Lose weight quickly. Improve relationships in days. Own it now with easy financing. Self-help gurus offer titles such as “Six Steps to XYZ” and promise results for the price of the book or the monthly subscription to the training materials. There is always that guy who uses the shoulder…