Once Was Enough Did you ever do something that hurts, or taste something so bad that you wanted to spit it out immediately? You probably thought, if not said out loud, “once was enough” because you never planned to do that again. “Once was enough” usually has bad connotations when said by us mortals. But when it comes from the […]
No Middleman In real estate and brokerage accounts and retail sales, there’s always a middleman. It explains the prices we pay in retail stores as the difference between wholesale and retail pricing. We’re willing to pay for the convenience, the variety, and not having to have large storage spaces. In real estate and brokerage accounts, we assume, though not always […]
Fringe Benefits of Christianity What’s the difference between life insurance and life assurance, since both are activated by someone’s death? There’s a key word, inheritance, associated with both. If we’re talking about a person who knows Jesus as their Savior, life insurance is temporary, an inheritance left behind to family; life assurance is permanent and something realized when residency is […]
My Pleasure Language is a funny thing that morphs from generation to generation. Honestly, I have a hard time keeping current with all the slangy terms that appear periodically. This only proves to myself and others that I am officially a “geezer.” One example of a polite interaction that I believe has the same intention but loses some of its […]
No Guesswork If you could only have one thing to hang onto guiding your future, what would you choose? Here are some possibilities: money, education, friendships, position, fear, goals. These are a few of the choices that drive people. I suggest all are subservient to the most important one we can have. One that is necessary for all the others […]
To Heaven and Back If anyone tries to sell you a round-trip ticket to heaven, or a book telling of their journey, save your money. In the last three decades or so, there has been an epidemic of best-selling books describing what is supposed to have been a trip to heaven and back. Most have been categorized as non-fiction, meaning […]