Today is primary election day - when we exercise our right to pick up a ballot and make choices about our desire for the future of our communities, our counties, our states and even our country. While we may disagree…
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Recently, especially in the past week or so, I have been involved in a number of incidents where people are just struggling with their situations in life. I don't mean that they fundamentally wish they were somewhere else, but they…
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After a long winter and somewhat wet spring so far, the past week or so has been filled with a great deal of work, in addition to the full time work I do in the corporate and ministry worlds. In…
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Well, the rain has finally ended and it seems nicer outside than it has been since March. Back then, the temperatures were unseasonably warm and I was hoping that we were going to have an early spring. Not to be...…
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Each May 2nd, the first thing that I think about when I wake up in the morning is the fact that on May 2, 1979, eleven months to the day after the death of my father, I had my tonsils…
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This past week-end, I was talking with one of our grandsons about money; and I decided to show him my bank book from the first account I ever had. I still have what in those days what was called a…
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With all the talk about the political situation in the country, it only seems fitting as we approach the primaries in several weeks, that we remember on this date, April 30th, in 1789, the newly elected President George Washington took…
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Some of the fondest memories of my youth have to do with the weekly Sunday dinners we had at my grandparent's house, about 2 miles from our home on Claremont Avenue in Chicago. My mother was an only child and…
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Several weeks ago, Susan, our dear neighbor from across the street, reminded me that Pat, who has become a de facto member of our family, was going to be celebrating a birthday today. Now one of Pat's favorite restaurants is…
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The last several weeks have been a whirlwind for Janet and me, as well as the rest of the family. Since Janet's RA diagnosis, she has been a bit more quiet - so have I.... We spent quite a bit…
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