by Rick Boyer | May 25, 2015 | Character Lessons
Hey, little buddies! Last week I wrote to you about being careful how we use words. Have you ever thought about how powerful words are? I used to have a bad habit of insulting my friends. I guess I picked it up from watching television. It seems on TV everybody always...
by Rick Boyer | May 18, 2015 | Character Lessons
Hey Little Buddies, “Like a trampled spring and a polluted well, is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked.” That’s Proverbs 25:26 and it contains a principle that I hope you’ll pay careful attention to. Have you ever drunk from a spring? I have, many times....
by Rick Boyer | May 15, 2015 | Story Saturday, Storytime
It was early morning on May 30, 1806. Two men, coincidentally both lawyers, had ridden two days for this occasion. One would someday be a President of the United States. One would soon be dead. Andrew Jackson and Charles Dickson had come to blows in the time-honored...
by Rick Boyer | May 14, 2015 | Character Lessons
Hey, little buddies! I was reading in Proverbs this morning and I came across a familiar verse. It was Proverbs 27:14: “He who blesses his friend with a loud voice early in the morning, It will be reckoned a curse to him.” In other words, if you want to tell a friend...