There has been a lot of discussion lately about the Second Amendment of our Constitution. Such dialogue is a beneficial thing to be sure, but it also provides the platform for a lo ...
We just had a holiday last week called “Memorial Day.” Even though this holiday came about to honor the war dead, it has all too often lost its connection to any patrio ...
Someone recently asked what some of my hobbies were, and the answer wasn’t very thrilling – reading and writing. Other pursuits figure in but these are two that are esp ...
A few years ago we stopped receiving all cable channels and now only have the three major networks, PBS and a stray station or two. For me, television was quickly becoming a major ...
Birds did not fare well around our house last week. First of all, the neighborhood cat decided to bring us a prize at the back porch. From what I could tell, it used to be a bluebi ...
Old habits die hard. When you have been doing something for 20 or 30 years or more, it is difficult, almost impossible, to stop.
I remember when I had driven a manual transmission ...
Do you remember 16? For me it was 1975-76. It feels like an entirely different era and surely it was exactly that.
My 16th birthday was on a Sunday. In my diary I wrote about goin ...
For the Christian, the Bible is the book that introduces us to God and His Gospel. In it we discover who Jesus is, what he came to do and why it matters.
In addition, the Bible te ...
This week the Supreme Court is hearing arguments concerning homosexual marriage. What a volatile issue it has been, is and will be.
It is funny – when the Court rules in my ...
I am sitting here writing this on a laptop that Carol gave me in 2004. It’s been through the ringer. The technological landscape has changed in nine years to the point that, ...
