Lifestyle & Faith

DID YOU KNOW …? Did a West Virginia town turn to the Soviet Union for help in getting a new bridge built?

Well, if this ain’t a kick in the head! Last week, this column - the silliness you’re reading right now - won an award! For the second year in a row, my little exercise in trivia was voted second place in the Lifestyle/Feature Column category in the Georgia Press Association’s annual Better Newspaper Contest. Apparently, this makes me (gasp) an award-winning columnist! I didn’t make mention of it last year because it was such a neat, new thing, but now ... read on for some award-winning trivia! Thanks, Georgia Press!

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DID YOU KNOW …? Who was the producer’s first choice to host the original “The Price is Right”?

Five hundred columns down, and an infinity of columns yet to go! After last week’s party for the 500th collection of silly trivia, you’d think I would be ready to give up, right? Heck no.  I’m just getting started. In fact, I plan to be around until we hit 1,000 columns and then some! So while you settle back and enjoy your favorite beverage appropriate for the time of day in which you read this, I’ll be working on future columns to enlighten and entertain you. Enjoy!

Jesus called Himself ‘Son of Man,’ not ‘Son of God’

The Christian faith teaches that Jesus is the “Son of God,” yet Jesus frequently and consistently called Himself the “Son of Man” — a total of 81 times in scripture. 

If you give a coworker a donut

If you give a mouse a cookie…

Fat and clumsy livers

The liver is responsible for over 500 crucial functions, so this is serious!

Friends with Jesus

One of the most remarkable truths found in Scripture is also one of the simplest.

You are now reading the 500th ‘Did You Know…?’ Column!

In October of 2016, I began this column. 

More potentially toxic plants 

Last week we entered the world of a few plants that may be toxic to humans and animals.

RV’ing & caste-ing about

In my last column, I told you that my wife and I were about to set off on an extended RV adventure with a remarkable missionary couple from India.

Ezekiel’s vision: The Valley of Dry Bones 

Ezekiel, one of the four major Jewish prophets along with Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Daniel, was deported to Babylon in 597 B.C.

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