As longtime readers of this blog know, I was a space junkie as a kid. Dad and I watched all the launches of the Mercury astronauts together and after the completion of that program, I studied to learn all I ...
This afternoon I had a meeting that was held in one of the upscale malls in Indianapolis. Not only was I looking forward to having a great time with the team I am assisting, but I would also be able ...
For many people, this season of Christmastide can be lonely. Older folks in nursing homes, the unemployed and even those people who have great families can struggle with the inevitable feeling of being alone. Sometimes, the separation is intentional as ...
It's that time of year that I start to think about the past and this most recent week was no exception. I had to be out of town on a business trip for several days near Chicago and when I ...
Since the death of our 41st President last Friday through his burial in Texas today, the news has been filled with stories of his service to our country - from being the youngest aviator in the Navy at the age ...
Several weeks ago, I subscribed to the Dallas Theological Seminary (DTS) Christmas devotional that provides twenty five messages starting December 1 and going through Christmas Day. It is written by the various staff and professors of that wonderful institution and ...
As I write this post today, I am sitting in the waiting room of a medical facility - anxiously waiting on the outcome of a procedure Janet is having to diagnose changes in her health during the last thirty days. ...
Just last Thursday, it was Thanksgiving and it seems like that was months ago already. Before the turkey was cold, we were getting ads about Black Friday for a multitude of one day only sales. Then, as if out of ...
More and more families these days have dispensed with traditions and are doing what is convenient as opposed to what binds us to our past. Thanksgiving is certainly one of those days, perhaps the most important one other than Christmas, ...
We are in an interesting series at church that explores calling and how each of is created by God for a purpose. Presumably that purpose is to help solve the various problems in the world - pain, injustice, hate, isolation, ...