Several years ago, a video went viral. Someone captured their dog trying to drink the shadow of running water on a brick wall. You can see the freeze frame from that video here.

I chuckled along with millions of other viewers while watching what this dog kept trying to do. The real water was flowing right in front of him, but he was insistent on trying to quench his thirst from the shadow of the real thing. The more he licked the brick wall, the thirstier he became—because the shadow of water on dusty brick will never quench thirst. Poor guy!

I thought it was odd. “They are just trying to get attention…wanting to be noticed for being super spiritual."

I was saved in a church where the format was less formal, but nobody ever raised their hands during worship or dared to show any emotion.

Climbing Mount Everest has a fascinating history. Until the mid-1990s, one-quarter of all people who attempted to reach the summit died in the process. Two years ago was the deadliest year for those making the attempt.

I felt a tinge of anxiety sitting on my patio when the garbage truck showed up. I’m not a hoarder or even a pack rat, but I admit I have trouble throwing some things away. I tend to think, “But what if I end up needing this?” I often end up keeping things that I can’t find when I do need them, because I keep too many things that I rarely use.

This is the EAA AirVenture week. For most of you, that means nothing. But for aviation enthusiasts, it’s the largest gathering of pilots, airplanes, and general aviation vendors in the world. All in little Oshkosh, Wisconsin. About 700,000 people and over 10,000 aircraft will have flooded airport grounds by the week’s end. Many pilots from around the country flew their airplanes in and are camping under the wing of the airplane. During this week, OSH is the busiest airport in the world.

He didn’t know me. We met once, but he wouldn’t have remembered. But I remembered because he was one of my heroes. I thought highly of his teaching and his ministry. He once spoke at our church…but that was before I was here. His dad, Jack MacArthur, was the pastor of Des Plaines Bible Church back in the late 70s and he brought in John, who was already a well-known radio preacher at the time.