Devotional

Forty-two years ago this past week-end, I took my SAT's as a senior at Morgan Park High School on the south side of Chicago. I had dreaded that Saturday, as I usually didn't do very well on those sorts of…

Okay, I've had it. Last Sunday evening, we were out of coffee and I headed off to the grocery store, the Fresh Market, up on 146th Street near our home. To be sure, I would not have gone out to…

As Halloween approaches each year, my mind always goes back to an annual ritual our family celebrated each October. Because when I was a child, each fall, usually the 3rd Sunday of October, but sometimes the Sunday before Halloween (that…

When we were gone in San Diego last week, Janet and I had all our hardwood floors refinished. We have been through this ordeal before - years ago when we purchased a new home and the builder begged us to…

Last Thursday, Janet and I left our hotel and headed down the harbor walk to see the USS Midway, an aircraft carrier that is now a floating museum moored in San Diego. We had heard some great things about the…

For the past several months, I have been working with a dear family friend who owns a hospitality business - specifically, a cafeteria. And while I have never been directly exposed to the food industry, except to eat, the essentials…

Yesterday, among all the other things we did, Janet and I travelled to San Juan Capistrano to see the mission there - started by Father Junipero Serra; and opened on November 1, 1776. It was the 7th of 21 missions…

The conference here in San Diego is winding down and Janet and I decided to head up the coast and take in a little bit of California today. It was overcast this morning and we got off to a slow…

The last two days, I have been attending a conference out here in San Diego - the Licensing Executives Society (LES) annual meeting. One of my clients from Dallas is heavily involved in digital research and for the last three…

I am staring out the window of our room this evening and looking at the Pacific Ocean. I am the first one to tell you that I am an East Coast sort of guy. Frankly, I never have become used…