the HOPE chronicles blog

The book club I belong to recently completed the second installment in the series Left Behind. For those unfamiliar with the series, it’s a collection of 13 books dealing with a Christian view of Biblical End Times (written by authors Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins) and weaves a dramatized story line based on the…

As shown in the 2006 movie The Pursuit of Happyness—based on the life of Chris Gardner—the central character had a chance encounter with a man stepping out of a red Ferrari on Wall Street. Whether true or exaggerated for dramatic effect, Gardner (played by Will Smith) eyed the car in awe. He wasn’t in the best financial…

During one of many shopping excursions with my late husband, he would hold doors open for others. Without missing a beat, each person would casually glide in the door as if his holding it for them was an expectation, not a courtesy.   Not one thank you. After the second time it happened I was irritated. …