It's difficult to believe that Connor, our oldest grandson, is starting college this week.... But before we celebrate that, I couldn't help but remember my own transition from high school to college two generations ago. I really wanted to go…
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Embracing Change Through Faith
My youngest brother, Ken, would have been 60 today. That's right - would have been... but he didn't quite make it - he died on February 29th of this year - 10 days after my 67th birthday. He was the…
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When I was a senior in high school, back in 1970, the French Club (which I was a member of) was going to take a trip to France after graduation. I was seventeen at the time and Mom was concerned…
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Our childhood home was on S. Claremont in Beverly on the far south side of Chicago. Our next door neighbor to the north was Mr. West and his wife, Esther. Mr. West was retired and we rarely, if ever, saw…
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I spent a number of years in seminary back in the first decade of this century. Janet and I felt compelled that I should go to school and, as many of you know, I attended a small conservative seminary where…
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