I have two sons-Aaron is almost 28. Adam just turned 26. Aaron is single and lives in Atlanta. Adam is married. He and his wife, Tara live with us because we are assisting them since they both are in school. Adam has done remarkably well for a 26 year old. He already has a 4 [...]

Somewhere in my past-when I was young, I guess-I learned something. Something that is not true but still-I came to believe it as Truth. Here is what I assumed was true: “I was not supposed to make mistakes. If I tried hard enough, I could be “perfect” and if I was not perfect, i.e. mistake [...]

I have two older sisters. I am the youngest of three children and the only boy. Normally at this point, when people find this fact out about me, they say, “Oh, you must have been spoiled.” I will not confirm or deny the presence of “spoilage” in my upbringing, but I will admit, I lacked [...]

“You get up every morning From your alarm clock’s warning Take the 8:15 into the city There’s a whistle up above And people pushin’, people shovin’ And the girls who try to look pretty.” So sang Bachman Turner Overdrive in the early 70’s, bringing to light the feeling many people have about their daily existence. [...]

The Robe is a 1953 movie starring Richard Burton as Marcellus, a Roman military tribune. Marcellus is the commander of the unit in charge of the crucifixion of Jesus. The movie portrays the spiritual journey Marcellus goes through and how he changes from that first encounter with the crucifixion and the robe. Marcellus wins the [...]

Family. The word itself could conjure up images of Wally and the Beaver-good times, nice parents, obnoxious kid down the street like Eddie Haskell. But family for some is more like The Addams Family, or the Bundy family on “Married with Children.” Not everyone came from a great family or enjoys family get togethers. I [...]

There are two parts to a person-the inside and the outside-what they say and what they do. Many people can act one way but be thinking another. Or they varnish up the outside while the inside stays the same. Some are playing the role of “the great pretender-pretending that I’m doing well.” Goodness is an [...]

I have had many relationships falter in my life because I was only thinking of one person in the relationship and that person was ME with a capital “I”. I guess I need to go see an “I doctor” so I could have clearer vision and learn to see someone other than me and my [...]

Two farmers lived next to each other-Farmer Bright and Farmer Crabb. The two farmers were as different as night and day. Farmer Bright looked forward to each day with excitement and enthusiasm. He loved to work in the fields, to plant his seeds deep into the ground. He loved the beautiful trees, swaying corn, singing [...]

What a wonderful privilege it is to be able to choose today! The dictionary describes “choosing” as “to select freely and after consideration.” What a brilliant idea-to have different options and to have the capability to decide after thought and consideration, what it is you want to do or be or think. Sometimes the choice [...]