I’m always surprised and amused by what average incomes look like when you get out of our little community here. I always wonder what in the w…
The cost of everything is going up. A week’s worth of groceries that used to cost $40 will now run you abut $110. The other day there was, at …
“Then as He went out of the temple, one of His disciples said to Him, ‘Teacher, see what manner of stones and what buildings are here!’ And Je…
I was visiting a coworker around the corner from the women’s restroom when the cleaning lady came running to get one of the female clerks. She…
Being lonely means a lot of things to a lot of different people. I once heard somebody say “I’ve felt lonely in a room full of people and not …
“Therefore still having one son, his beloved, he also sent him to them last, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’ But those vinedressers said a…
Sometimes I have an idea for a column or a series weeks ahead of time. However, just coming out of the holiday season, when distractions aboun…
I’ve worked with words all my adult life and I will admit that some of them have gotten on my nerves over the years, but I’m also endlessly am…
“Then those who went before and those who followed cried out, saying: ‘Hosanna! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord! Blessed is th…
I never wanted to be a doctor, but I did have a teacher in high school who thought I had the right touch to be a surgeon. He had watched me cu…
Another new year has arrived and while it’s still a week away as I write this, I’m guessing it doesn’t look much different than the year that …
To start over, a second chance, a redo, whatever you call it, it is a rare individual that does not long for an opportunity to go back and cor…
I’m sure it’s happened to you at some point. You might be one of the millions who are experiencing it right now. If so, you’re definitely not …
It’ll be Christmas when this comes out, but there’s no mail on Christmas Day, so it may the day after the holiday before anybody (somebody? he…
As you read Luke chapter 2 today, there are obvious “big events†that stand out. Whether it be the pregnant Mary moving from Nazareth to Bethl…
We have many holiday traditions around our house. One of our Thanksgiving traditions is to invite my wife’s family to our house for a Thanksgi…
You’ve undoubtedly heard about the guy who shot down an insurance company CEO in New York and the shooter was found about a week later in a Pe…
The gospel of Luke not only covers the earthly life of Jesus, chapter one covers the sacred and fragile embryonic period of his little human b…
If you’ve read any of my writings, you know I spent quite a few years attending a word church that focused on faith. I learned the who, what, …
I’ve been getting packages in the mail (and from various other delivery companies) for about 40 years now. I’ve been getting texts for about h…
“Then He arose from there and came to the region of Judea by the other side of the Jordan. And multitudes gathered to Him again, and as He was…
It’s a common greeting to ask someone, “How are you doing?â€
I’ll be the first to admit I’ve never really been fond of my own gender. And since you can call yourself whatever you wish, I’ll state I ident…
I have no idea what this is, but I have a young college friend who has an assignment to write one.
“But if You can do anything, have compassion on us and help us.†Jesus said to him, “If you can believe, all things are possible to him who be…
Sometime in 1985, a time that would be forgotten except people of my generation won’t shut up about it, I managed to get my hands on a VCR and…
Hear me out. Have you ever heard of a vision board? It’s one of those things that life coaches or motivational speakers recommend. Whatever it…
“In those days, the multitude being very great and having nothing to eat, Jesus called His disciples to Him and said to them, ‘I have compassi…