It’s April 22nd. I have been thinking about all the things that I could write about this evening – among them I have thought about the need for “quiet” tonight. I have been on the run since 8:00 this morning…
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On April 8, 2013, former Prime Minister Baroness Margaret Thatcher died after suffering a stroke – obviously one that was much more severe than the series of small strokes she suffered earlier this century. In 2008, her daughter also confirmed…
More than 30 years ago, on April 2, 1983, Janet and I incorporated our business here in Indiana. We had moved from Illinois and I had spent some time consulting for the State Department and other Washington institutions, including the…
Several weeks ago, Janet and I decided that it was time to get another car. My ride has almost 170,000 miles on it and to be sure, I still love driving it, but Janet is having a more difficult time…
Today was quite a day. For starters, the US income tax was 100 years old today. That’s right, back in 1913, the government imposed the first tax on income. However, only 3% of the population was affected and the top…
It’s late evening here in Williamsburg and we have finished dinner with the family, returned to Janet’s sister’s home for the evening and I just finished getting our boarding passes for the flight back home, through Charlotte, in the morning….
I’m in Williamsburg this evening – getting ready to go to bed, but my mind keeps going back to thinking about today. So many things happened that just weren’t planned. And that’s a good thing, because when you are a…
As you know, I turned 60 in the middle of February. Since then, I have been faced with the reality that we’re all getting older. And tomorrow I get to spend the day with my father-in-law and he keeps reminding…
As you know, the last several days have been filled with turmoil and people across the country are dealing with issues of faith as they face crises in their lives. I have concerns for friends of mine that are struggling…
This week-end was filled with numerous reports of bad news from around the country. First of all, 27 year old Matthew Warren, the adult son of Rick Warren, Founding Pastor of Saddleback Church, took his own life Friday – the…