Earlier today, I was meeting with someone and they wanted to share some confidential information that they were intent on keeping private. In other words, they wanted to make sure that I wouldn't betray a confidence and "spill the beans."…
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If you have an iPhone or, I assume, any other type of smart phone, you have a texting function. And, well, it probably has an auto-correct feature that tries to fix words that you typed in wrong. I know that…
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The last 24 hours or so, especially since Pope Francis ascended the papacy, have been filled with thousands of the faithful, both Catholic and non-Catholic alike, examining their lives as they relate to Jesus and God the Father. It makes…
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Earlier today, mid-afternoon eastern time, white smoke billowed from the temporary chimney erected above the roof of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican, the bells tolled and the frenzy of people in St. Peter's Square all combined to signal the…
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It was exactly one year ago today that scientists announced that the population of the world had finally reached seven billion people. That's a bunch of folks! I seem to remember, as a child in grammar school, that the population…
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Well, if you read the post last evening, or early this morning, whichever the case may be, you noticed something different! Yes, we're back - with the full post going right into your inbox. The past several weeks have been…
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Anybody who grew up in the sixties or earlier learned the phrase "spring ahead - fall back." Of course, it is a reference to whether you move the clocks ahead an hour or back an hour when daylight savings time…
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Several days ago, Janet received a letter from Morgan Park Academy, the exclusive private high school on the south side of Chicago that she attended. It was a fund raising letter, asking her to donate to the school. One problem…
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Several days ago, I wrote about the month of March and stated that other than some periodic snow, we have been blessed with a mild winter. I may have spoken too soon. Because legend has it that if March comes…
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