With the year coming to an end today, many of us will be celebrating New Year’s Eve with family or friends. And at every party there is always that one person who knows that Pi is the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter or who can solve Rubik’s Cube in less than thirty …
One of my deficits from my stroke is the inability to distinguish between listening and hearing. A properly functioning brain knows, for example, how to singularly listen to another person’s voice when having a conversation with them, while only hearing all the surrounding sounds and noises. My brain, as it continues to re-wire itself, wants …
Growing up in the 1960s, in Columbus, Ohio, our neighborhood was “one big happy family.” People felt safe leaving their doors unlocked. Neighbors often just knocked and walked in. Everyone knew everyone’s name. Kids could ride bikes and play outside without worry of being abducted, often being out of sight of the adults. When it …
In today’s culture, a word that gets thrown around is the word “peace,” most often used in the context of conflict or violence. It conjures up a picture of Hippies flashing peace signs as they protested the Vietnam War, opposing nations sitting down at a table to sign a peace accord (that will not last) …
I originally wrote this back in 2003. I repost it every year in the days leading up to Christmas. I think it important that we look beneath the words found on the pages of scripture and not simply gloss over them, missing the power and beauty of the where of Jesus’ birth. We can all …
I once worked for a company where the owner changed the rules as often as the ocean tides. What was expected yesterday was often very different from what was required today. We needed a staff meeting every morning just to give that day’s marching orders. And as the manager charged with carrying out those marching …