God gave the Holy Spirit to His Church on the Day of Pentecost, but few understand the meaning of this Holy Day. God’s Holy Spirit is vital for true Christian living, but many are unaware of what it is, what Pentecost is, and what it means to Christians today!

Have you ever attempted to get people’s attention while they are immersed in a television program or a video game? It can be quite difficult, even when the programming is not that interesting. Such was the case when our children were very young. After calling out my son’s name for the third time as he sat mesmerized in front of a flashy cartoon, it became clear that I, as his parent, could not compete with the message of the mighty television. In a side-by-side competition, parents just do not have what it takes to hold a child’s attention over that seemingly magical box and its wonderful world of distractions. So, my wife and I disconnected it, and we no longer need to compete for our children’s attention.

Before he secured his fame as “Mark Twain,” the iconic American writer Samuel Langhorne Clemens started out seeking the wild and adventurous life of a Mississippi riverboat pilot. However, when Clemens discovered that piloting a riverboat was as much a demanding science as an adventure, he almost became too discouraged to continue, fearing that the demands of the job might steal the glory of the life he envisioned.

Each of us had a mother who carried and nourished us in her womb until we were born. Most of us had a mother who rocked us, fed us, burped us and bathed us. She kissed our skinned knee, sent us off to school in clean clothes and made sure we did our homework. She taught us right from wrong and a thousand other lessons. Our mothers should be honored.

The world’s economic system reels from one failure to another, as the Euro-zone nations, as well as the United Kingdom, the United States and others feverishly work to find the means to fund the crushing financial burden of entitlement programs promised to their citizens. What can be done?

The Price Is Right is one of the longest-running game shows on television. Contestants on the show are asked to count the cost of different prizes, and by knowing the correct price they can win a prize. At the end of each show, two contestants compete for the “grand prize” by counting the cost of a final “showcase.” Whoever comes closest to counting the total price correctly (without going over), wins the big prize.