Daily Got a Minute Message with John Ed

Recently, researchers announced that there is a possibility to determine the authenticity of Leonardo da Vinci’s “Holy Child” chalk drawing. They have discovered fragments of DNA that they think belong to the artist and that DNA from about 1510 AD could determine whether or not de Vinci was the author of some of these disputed masterpieces. That’s amazing to me. God’s work has been around a lot longer than Leonardo da Vinci. God puts His DNA into the lives of folks that have repented, changed...

There is a debate right now because New York magazine has recorded that Representative Nancy Mace had ordered a staff member of hers to go on Reddit forums and figure out how to boost her standings in the rankings of “the hottest women in Congress.” I don’t know Rep. Mace, and she has called the allegations ridiculous. I hope they are. How would you like to have your standings boosted in what area of life? What if all Americans wanted to boost our standing in civility, love and appreciation f...

Sometimes huge challenges bring out the best in us. I love those kind of stories. When Hurricane Ian hit Naples, Florida, Johnny Lauder decided to stay at home. When he saw water gushing inside his house, he moved his two sons and one son’s girlfriend to the attic thinking they would all be safe. But then his cell phone rang. His wheelchair-bound mother, Karen, 84 years old, was trapped in a house half a mile away. Johnny climbed out a window and starting wading to rescue her. Her house was f...

If you have something that needs to be destroyed, be sure it is not mistakenly open to further exposure. A hospital in Thailand learned this recently when a very popular person in the community saw street vendors wrapping food in confidential patient records. He took a picture of one of the patient’s medical forms holding an order of crepes. He gave it the caption, “Should I continue eating?” The hospital confessed that it had given over 1,000 documents to a firm that was supposed to destroy ...

The Polar Plunge in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina is a cold-water swimming event to raise funds for Special Olympics. This past winter they had to cancel the Polar Plunge because the temperature was too cold to have people try to participate in the plunge. Instead, they tried to find some other way to raise money and the people participating were told to “stay home, stay warm, and stay safe. I’m not sure what the temperature in the water would need to be to be too much for the polar bears or f...