Monthly Archives: July 2017

Many years ago, I thought I wanted to be a teacher. I spent four years in college to prepare for this career. Then as I began my teaching I discovered I would have to study for a Master’s Degree as … Continue reading →

 Late one Friday afternoon I was at the video store (Do you remember them?) picking out a movie. While standing in line, I noticed that they had a rack of tee shirts with stunningly beautiful fractal images on their fronts. … Continue reading →

Recently, I heard a meteorologist give a familiar weather report: “partly cloudy with a chance of rain.”  Hearing those words, I thought: that’s life: partly sunny, partly cloudy and with a chance of rain at any given moment.  Maybe at … Continue reading →

I taught introductory level philosophy for about a decade. I quit when the last class I taught griped constantly that what we were studying was “too hard.” One woman complained, “My boyfriend says you’re making us read graduate level material.” … Continue reading →

Les King died in 1999, the same year as my father. The same year as the cardinal came to church.   Les married my sister Doris in 1971 and they had a wonderful, inspiring marriage with two beautiful children and … Continue reading →

I am most definitely a morning person. So much hope, promise, energy, coffee, time with God. I think better in the a.m. As the day wears on, I get wearier. I don’t nap well, so when 3 p.m. rolls around, … Continue reading →

One of my earliest memories with my mother is standing at the front window in the early evening, watching for the first star to appear. The legend claimed that if you wished upon that very first star, your wish would … Continue reading →

​I recently read Robert Putnam’s book Bowling Alone: the Collapse and Revival of American Community. The book is concerned with the erosion of what is called “social capital”, and while the book is dated (It appeared in 2001 before the … Continue reading →

 “What the world needs now is love, sweet love …” That may not be a Bible verse exactly but I think the song lyrics express a Biblically based and badly needed message. I doubt the level of divisiveness in America … Continue reading →

Sometimes the unimaginable happens.  A loved one… a young child… dies, and most would say it was “before their time.”  I have listened to surviving parents describe their grief.  I have listened to parents who have lost a child try … Continue reading →