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October 2024

October 25, 2024

Are We More or Less Compassionate Today?

Are We More or Less Compassionate Today? Everyone is born, lives a life, and dies....

October 18, 2024

Finding the Goodness and Happiness—It’s Out There

Finding the Goodness and Happiness—It’s Out There These days, we all live life at full...

September 2024

September 19, 2024

They’re Evil! We’re the Way!

“They’re Evil!” “We’re the Way!” “They’re coming for you!” “We need to defend ourselves!” “We...

August 2024

August 29, 2024

I Like Making Mistakes

I like making mistakes. Okay, that’s a bald-faced lie. I should say instead that I...

August 16, 2024

So, What’s Stopping You?

Have you ever heard that small inner voice say, “Who do you think you are?...

August 09, 2024

What Do You Appreciate?

It sounds like an odd question but it’s one I’ve been tossing around for a...

July 2024

July 26, 2024

“I’m not Getting What I Need from You…”

Have you ever heard, “I'm sorry, but I’m not getting what I need from you.”...

July 14, 2024

Priest, Prophet, and King

When we are baptized into Christianity, each of us takes on the mantle of becoming...

July 11, 2024

Back in Time…

We recently returned to an event in San Francisco, CA, where I sang on the...

July 03, 2024

What Are Your Intentions?

Many years ago, before my wife and I met, when a date would come to...

June 2024

June 29, 2024

We’re too Busy to Have Faith

We’re too busy to have faith. It’s a fact. Our days start earlier and earlier,...

June 28, 2024

“For the Beauty…”

For some incomprehensible reason, I woke the other morning with “For the Beauty of the...

June 23, 2024

“Aye, Calypso…”

When I was a much younger man, I used to pop in my eight track...

June 14, 2024

First Dream, Then Do!

I once knew a guy who loved to sit at home and talk about all...

June 14, 2024

“You Have too Much… Character”

We’ve all worked with and for people who either rub us the wrong way or...

June 07, 2024

What are Happiness and Joy?

What is “real happiness,” and when will you know if you have it? And what’s...

May 2024

May 31, 2024

“Pray to Castro for Candy”

Once, while we were having a Cuban chicken and rice meal, I asked, “Why did...

May 23, 2024

Butker, Buddha, and Baal

I love being right. And I’m willing to bet you do, too. But am I...

May 14, 2024

“Ya Know, Everyone’s Replaceable…”

Many years ago, I worked in childcare at the local YMCA. I was going to...

May 10, 2024

Anniversaries

Anniversaries are all around us every day. We celebrate weddings, births, and life’s milestones with...

May 02, 2024

A Story of Quiet Hopes and Dreams

We all have them—Mothers. We would not have been born into this world without them....

April 2024

April 25, 2024

The Music of Life

Scientists and poets alike talk about the harmonies of our world. Pythagoras married mathematics to...

April 21, 2024

The Bible says We, “Gotta Love, Not Like!”

Not too long ago, a dear friend complained about a sibling to me and a...

April 19, 2024

“Pay Attention!”

“I’m Not Your Personal Servant!” If you had asked me when I was a kid,...

April 14, 2024

“Ah-ha!” Moments

Have you ever had an “Ah-ha!” moment? An “Ah-ha!” moment is that split second when...

April 11, 2024

Does God Make People Suffer?

The other day, I was interviewed for Sean Kelley’s podcast Humble Faith and asked a...

April 06, 2024

You’re Just A %&#$!!!

Several years back, I had a run-in with some people I went to High School...

April 04, 2024

Am I Waging a “Just War,” or Just War?

Other than taking over the nightly news and seeing really horrific scenes on TV and...

March 2024

March 31, 2024

Our Collective Stories

“Why is this night different from all other nights?” This question is asked by the...

March 28, 2024

You Want Me to Wash Their Feet?

This simple act of washing another's feet is humbling, lowly, and demeaning. But it is...

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