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Head above the clover

I had a conversation with a man the other day that is not unlike many others whom I ...

Are we the Byzantines?

A friend on Facebook sent me the following article written by VICTOR DAVIS HANSON, ...

Grit your teeth but don’t get angry

We all get to a point in our lives where we stop and say, "I have no idea where God ...

Almost unbearable grief

A friend responded to my post about the Mississippi tornadoes recently and then told ...

Heart hole

I watched the movie Saving Private Ryan the other night and it reinforced my belief ...

Tornado Alley

Anyone who reads the news knows that Mississippi had devastating tornadoes that left ...

The antithesis of pain

In July 2000, I posted this reader submission: I asked God to take away my ...

Believe it or not

A reader sent me the following: Rebuilding New Orleans after Katrina often caused ...

Compassion is not a freckle!

I recently held a conversation with someone I have known all my life. The subject of ...

Windshield or rear-view mirror

My beloved brother Jim tragically took his own life several years ago, but it seems ...

God throws me a bone!

As an update over the weekend, my son Jon came home from the hospital again after ...

Commonsense, the lost national treasure

As a quick update, my son Jon was readmitted to the hospital. He has developed a ...

Dog of the year

I read an interesting article today about a lady who had her feet and hands ...

Why do bad things happen?

Thanks for the many prayers for Jon, (my youngest son), and his surgery yesterday. ...

Faith to the end

My youngest son Jon is undergoing surgery at this very moment. He has prostate ...

Rolling all over heaven

One time I wrote a treatise the size of War and Peace on the subject of praise ...

Beautiful tapestries

Last night I got up and let out a groan as I stood. I had been running a piece of ...

The only constant is change!

Change is inevitable. God desired a world of change and yet he does not change ...

Deep divide

Just 7% of Americans have "a great deal" of trust and confidence in the media, and ...

Truth – That big ol’ racist?

Like you I am concerned with the ever-increasing crime in this country. I have ...

The Hoos, the Bale, and the Whale

One time when I was living on the island of Islamorada in the Keys, I went offshore ...

Opportunity is like awaiting a taxicab

Not long ago I wrote a piece on the proverbial half-full/ half-empty glass question. ...

Winning ain’t always easy

One day I went turkey hunting and encountered every turkey hunter's worst nightmare, ...

Bonkers from boredom

Prior to my recent trip to the keys, l was going bonkers from boredom. I'm sure I ...