Gleanings From The Word

Daily devotionals from Scripture to nourish your faith, deepen your prayer life, and grow in God's grace.

Kevin Corbin

Issue 1951 – Good Friday? – April 2, 2026 0

Issue 1951 – Good Friday? – April 2, 2026

Tomorrow is Good Friday. The day we commemorate the crucifixion of Jesus and His death. It seems such a strange name for a remembrance of the day when humanity’s ultimate sin occurred. Yet it might not be as strange as you think. There are several possible reasons for the name. The most plausible comes from Old English, where “good” often meant holy or pious. That...

Issue 1950 – Chickadee – April 1, 2026 0

Issue 1950 – Chickadee – April 1, 2026

The black-capped chickadee is an amazing little bird. They are cute, friendly, and have a sweet song, but they also have some amazing characteristics you might not know about. Each year, the chickadee’s hippocampus sheds memories of the previous year and develops new patterns to remember the location of every seed it stashed away. It is estimated that they can remember 100,000 seeds. Scientists are studying this...

Issue 1941 – Displaced March 19, 2026 0

Issue 1941 – Displaced March 19, 2026

I’ve mentioned before that the farm just up the hill from us is being developed into a subdivision. That has displaced many small animals and birds. That includes brown rats. There is a misconception that brown rats carry bubonic plague, but the biggest carrier of the plague during the Dark Ages was humans, followed by black rats.  Still, even brown rats can be pests.  Cute in...