Sunday, May 20, 2018

I drove through my old hometown late yesterday afternoon and was surprised to see that a landmark home, a house built of stone, was recently razed and replaced by a conventional, stick-built ranch style house. That sturdy stone house had stood for decades; I remember...

Saturday, May 19, 2018

I want to tell you about my friend Steve. Steve’s a good guy: hardworking, good husband and father, but something was missing from his life. Although he and his wife had always been churchgoers, something was missing, so about three years ago they began to...

Friday, May 18, 2018

My friend Ray is the most positive person I know. When greeted with “How are you?” his answer is always the same: “Terrific! How else would I be?” Ray has his difficulties, to be sure: as a small businessman he deals with issues with his...

Thursday, May 17, 2018

“Thank you.” Two little words, so easy to say, yet so often omitted from our daily conversation, especially at places like the supermarket and the fast food place, where clerks are more likely to simply say, “Have a good day.” Yeah, sure, but...

Wednesday, May 16, 2018

It’s always worse at night, isn’t it? The pain of losing a loved one, the depression due to loneliness–it seems magnified ten times over after the sun goes down. Despair and depression are two factors that drive drug abuse, the scourge that is...