Obituaries

June 29, 2009ObituariesFor some reason, I was reading the obituary and funeral announcements the other day. With no disrespect to the men and women mentioned there, I did make a few interesting observations.First, many of those honored apparently did not want their...

Patience

July 6, 2009PatienceI confess to not being the most patient person on earth. Truthfully, I am not even close to winning an award for that kind of self control. But based on a couple of recent articles, I am not in the “big leagues” of impatience either!Recently it...

Father’s Day

June 22, 2009Father’s DayWe just passed the celebration of Father’s Day. Although it too is a made up day for the sake of greeting card sales and long lines at BBQ restaurants, it really is a wonderful opportunity to pause and honor dads. Like millions of others, I...

Being in Love

June 15, 2009Being in LoveI recently read a great little book by Francis Chan call “Crazy Love.” It was very convicting, but I highly recommend it. In a section called,”When you are in Love”Chan makes the case that folks in love act differently...

“Prequel”

June 8, 2009“Prequel”Did you know that in the early episodes of “Star Trek,” Dr. McCoy’s medical scanner was just an ordinary salt shaker? Well, that’s what my copy of “The Ultimate Book of Useless Information” says. I guess I thought of that piece of trivia because I...

The Five Keys to Happiness

The Five Keys to HappinessThe web site, “Live Science” started an article recently with this injunction, “If you’re not happy and you know it read along. You’ve watched “Seinfeld” reruns, splurged on yourself and downed pints of Ben and Jerry’s. Nothing’s helping....