The calendar has come ‘round again and tomorrow I mark #67. I would feel ‘old,’ except that I have a friend who will be joining a celebration for her grandmother this weekend. That woman is marking her centennial (100!) this… Continue reading

Having a conversation with someone who really ‘knows their stuff’ is something I truly enjoy. I soak up the information, glad to be able to share the fruits of another’s hard work and experience. At the opposite side of life,… Continue reading

More than a decade ago, my Mom, in the final months of her life, came to live in our home. It was bittersweet season, a time when she became dependent and I learned much about loving her. She would frequently… Continue reading

Friday evening I watched the demonstrations that spread across the nation after the announcement that that Supreme Court had reversed the infamous Roe V. Wade decision of 1973 that legalized abortion. The decision to return to the power to regulate… Continue reading

The title is a Name of the Lord found in the Bible – “God is Peace.”  Peace! It can be an elusive quality of life.  We might wonder – What is going to happen to our economy? Or closer to… Continue reading

Social upheavals in our nation over the last couple of years have shaken the foundations. Women fed up with being treated as sex objects started the “Me, too” movement.  The “Black Lives Matter” movement called for justice for all regardless… Continue reading

A friend who has given the last 2 decades of his life to helping men coming out of prison says that a common factor that led to troubles is the lack of a good father.  Either the father is absent… Continue reading

So why do we do the things we do, act as we do? Because of what we believe to be true!  We are taught truth and consequence.  For example, I put my seatbelt whenever I drive. I do not do… Continue reading

A person ‘in love’ has the person loved in his thoughts near constantly. He plans for ways to show affection,  to be part of the life of his beloved. The romantic attraction matures into a shared experiences, to unselfish service,… Continue reading

What a chaotic world we live in, at least it looks that way to me. In so many places, up is down, right is wrong. It may well be as you read that line you say, “Yes, Jerry, that’s because… Continue reading