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Today is a very special day. For starters, it was exactly nine years ago today that I was awarded a Doctor of Ministry degree, after having completed a monumental project and dissertation dealing with job loss and how families and…

Lately, I have noticed that people have become far more casual about things than they used to be. Things just seem to be watered down more than when we were kids. Back in the day, there were only four or five…

Tonight our Bible study group got together for our annual Christmas dinner at the home of one of our members. One of the things that is so nice about our group is that we all blend so well together. That…

One of my favorite Christmas traditions as a child was to go with Mom to Marshall Field's in downtown Chicago and have lunch in the Walnut Room that, as I recall, was on the 7th floor of Field's. Of course,…

When I was a young guy, I used to love watching the various Christmas programs. For those of you old enough to remember, you might recall watching the original "Frosty the Snowman" which was first released in 1953 and featured…