Education
"While we are planning the education of the future we can be rid of the illusion that we shall ever replace destiny. Make the plans…
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Belligerent bells
One of my favorite Christmas songs is "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day." It's based on Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem, "Christmas Bells." I love…
T-Bones
I like steak. A lot. I also like my younger brother. So when Mom asked me what I'd like to have for our "last meal"…
Hope
Sunday we lit the first candle of Advent--the Hope Candle. There's an ancient saying: "Hope deferred makes the heart sick." When our longings are not…
Drowning
I was drowning. Seven years old, at the Warren Dunes, in the magnificent waters of Lake Michigan, I was quickly exhausting my dog-paddling attempts to…
Commemorate
Much of the global Christian church is currently commemorating the dead. Death is a thief. Christianity states that it is one of the Great Enemies…
Talk to yourself
"What?! Are you talking to me? If you are--please speak up! I can't hear you!" "Nope! Just talkin' to myself." This happens at our house…