Lost in Translation

I was sitting in the office this afternoon speaking with one of my co-workers about faith and theology in the workplace. It's one of those things that to some degree you have to be careful about these days. So many…

During the past two years, our family has been involved with more lawyers than at any other time in our history. It is true that we had several real estate transactions and used attorneys for those events, but that's not…

...to send the very best. Know what company has this as its slogan? Well, if you said Hallmark, then give yourself a hand. It's been the company slogan for so long that it has become part of the fabric of…

Today is the anniversary of one of the most compelling events of my early teenage life. The year was 1967, when I was 14 years old. Does that help you frame it? How about the title of tonight's post? Can…

For the first time since 1888, the Jewish celebration of Hanukkah and the American holiday of Thanksgiving coincide, creating a once in a lifetime combined celebration called "Thanksgivukkah." This unusual convergence of usually distinct holidays came about due to the…

On this date, November 26th, back in 1580, one of the very significant religious treaties was signed between longtime enemies - the French Huguenots and the Roman Catholic faction of the Christian faith. For years, there was a very deep…

For the last several months, I have become increasingly aware of a number of situations where families have been dealing with painful issues - including fighting among themselves. Sometimes, innocent bystanders are pulled into the mix and can even become…

I attended a meeting this afternoon when one of the participants made reference to a three headed monster. Everybody at the table laughed, as he was referring to a group of people who we work with, but I got to…

I was heading home from the office tonight, around dinnertime, and the newscaster was remarking about the large number of weddings that were taking place today. I thought about whether this was some special day I had forgotten, and then…

This past week-end, Janet's sisters came into town to have a week-end together on what would have been their mother's birthday on Saturday. While Nancy flew back to Williamsburg yesterday, Janet and I drove Debbie back toward Chicago this morning…