Tim Boyd's Blog

One of the nicest people to ever live was a preacher.  That makes me so happy because my profession has taken some hits over the years.  Did you know some of the following things about Mr. Rogers?  ( These items were featured on CNN and researched by mental floss.) The sweaters. Every one of the cardigans he wore on the show had been hand-knit by his mother. He made thieves think twice. According to a TV Guide piece on him, Fred Rogers drove a plain old Impala for years. One day, however, the car was stolen from the street near the TV station. When Rogers filed a police report, the story was picked up by every newspaper, radio and media outlet around town.  Amazingly, within 48 hours the car was left in the exact spot where it was taken from, with an apology on the dashboard. It read, "If we'd known it was yours, we never would have taken it." He watched his figure to the pound. In covering Rogers' daily routine (waking up at 5 a.m.; praying for a few...

In January my wife started talking about doing a " Daniel fast ."  It's based on the scripture from Daniel 1:3-16, where Daniel and his friends eat only veggies and stay away from the king's table with it's fine food and fancy wine.  Basically you can eat fruit, veggies, nuts, and some grains.  You can't have sugar, anything processed, meat, animal product, anything with flavor or taste, or any CAFFEINE! I said, "I'm in."  So we started two weeks ago and we have one week left. The first couple of days were pretty terrible.  I'm not a terrible eater to begin with, but this was HARD.  My digestive system was not ready for the influx of fruit and vegetables.  But worse than any of that was the lack of caffeine.  I have been addicted to caffeine for longer than I've been married.  I didn't drink much soda before and I limited my coffee to just two cups each morning.  However, for this fast I had to cut it out completely.  Each morni...