After eleven years in our current home, we’re moving next week. Bev and I are fairly orderly people, but it’s still amazing how much junk (there’s no better word for it) that we have accumulated. Last week I took 400… Continue reading

I lack financial acumen to really understand the best ways to pick a stock. Even more, I am a terrible investor because I follow the market too closely! Every downturn makes me jittery. I am advised that if I want… Continue reading

We act today in ways, consciously and unconsciously, to own our dreams and avoid our nightmares! That is why it is so important to plant the right seeds of truth in the soil from which our dreams grow. For example,… Continue reading

We love stories about ‘can do’ people, those who like the little engine in the children’s story, just keep going saying, “I know I can, I know I can!” But true faith is more than gritty determination or a positive… Continue reading

Christians wear crosses and usually decorate their sacred places with crosses. Ironic, when you remember that the cross was an instrument of execution, a brutal, cruel one that brought terrible suffering and gruesome death. The Christ who died there imbued… Continue reading

The 10th commandment forbids a sin many do not even understand. The Bible says, “You must not covet your neighbor’s house. You must not covet your neighbor’s wife, male or female servant, ox or donkey, or anything else that belongs… Continue reading

In the movie, “Shrek” there is a funny scene when Donkey jumps up and down, yelling, “Pick me. Oh, I know. Pick me.” Even though it’s a cartoon, we identify with his desperation. Whether we admit it or not, we… Continue reading

Ever faced an event with dread, knowing it will be difficult? Things like a critical interview, a big test, major surgery, a confrontation that has to happen come down the road to all of us. Some we can’t avoid, others… Continue reading

The conceit of human intelligence comes into full bloom right around Easter every year. Scholars appear on National Geographic TV or Discovery Channel to ‘explain’ why the disciples mistakenly thought that Jesus was alive, or how He simply swooned and… Continue reading

The young man and I were discussing what shapes his life, the way he makes decisions. He belongs to an organization that is an off shoot of the US Navy. Interestingly, he said that when he put on his military… Continue reading