“God blesses those whose hearts are pure, for they will see God.” (Matthew 5:8, NLT)  “Purity” is a word that will often invite ridicule these days. What is lewd, mean, or even cruel passes for sophistication.  A person who is… Continue reading

I confess to a gut reaction that goes towards retribution when I hear of crimes like the one in Idaho where a man murdered four beautiful students in their sleep.  I don’t want to hear some excuse or ‘reason’ for… Continue reading

On Saturday morning, I went to watch my grandson play hockey. I know nothing about the game except that the goal is knock the puck into the net on the ice but even to my eye one thing became quite… Continue reading

When I was 25, I had opinions, hard edged, certain of my grasp of ‘truth’ about many things.  Age and experience has revealed to me that I my certainties were born more of ignorance than information!  As I became an… Continue reading

I remember the fun of walking through a maze of mirrors in the fair’s fun house. Each was made to distort my image- making me very tall or very short, round, thin, or strangely alien. Our cell phone have apps… Continue reading

Day 2 of 2023 dawned with thoughts of ‘what’s next?’  For some, the future is a source of worry and fear.  For others it is a challenge, inviting ramped up efforts to control events. For still others, the thought of… Continue reading

So, this old earth has made another trip around the sun and in a few hours we will see ‘22 morph into ‘23. When you think back over the last year is there sadness, joy, regret, celebration, accomplishment, missed opportunity,… Continue reading

Do you ever feel invisible, a bit part player in life? People around you have sparkling personalities that make others love them, but you are just there.  Others have amazing stories but your life is ordinary, not terrible, but it… Continue reading

Americans and independence are like ice cream and apple pie! Our nation was born out of frustration with a monarch that disregarded the needs of his subjects to enrich his empire. The founders were ‘radicals’ of their time, discarding traditions… Continue reading

When I ponder the difficulties that we face culturally, politically, and personally I see real problems with few human solutions. Poverty makes millions miserable.  Our government programs, instituted more than a half century ago, while reducing the grinding poverty of… Continue reading