Yesterday was my birthday. Today would have been my daughter Staci’s 47th. But I buried her just a couple days after her first. Many would say, “how sad.” And I did for a while because I felt the loss, the emptiness. And even now, I can get teary-eyed when I think of her. But I believed then and even more […]
We’re in the middle of an election year and everybody has hope that their candidate will win. One side is trying to paint as bleak a picture as they can while blaming the darkness on the incumbent and denying any culpability. The other side is dipping their brush in buckets of hope and painting a bright future with unlimited possibilities. […]
Our memories are funny things. I can remember most of the words to oldies I hear on radio, but sometimes forget why I went into the garage. It’s also easy to get sidetracked if, on the way to do one thing, something else calls my attention. Peter spoke to the issue of memory this morning in my reading. He wrote, […]
Joe Biden isn’t “The Father of Lies,” neither is Chuck Schumer. But has it occurred to you that in our society, lying is ubiquitous? It has gotten to the point of incredulity. Some are so blatantly false, yet repeatedly told with straight faces. It seems proof or scientific evidence to the contrary that pokes holes in the lie just […]
You can’t sleep. You’re anxious for tomorrow. Are you a little child waiting for Christmas morning? Or are you an adult living in 2020? They’re both anticipating the unknown. So what makes the difference? One has hope, the other fear and pessimism. But it doesn’t have to be that way. If you’re in the latter category, you can have hope […]
Where does justice come from? Mom and dad? Your boss? The police? Courts? Congress? Maybe…a long time ago when society operated with a strong moral compass and had a sense of right and wrong: a higher standard most people agreed to and our country was founded upon. Today? Not so much. We watch or read the news and see example […]