When Jesus’ disciples saw Him walking to them over the stormy sea they were filled with horror thinking the specter of death was coming for them. Then above the roar of the wind they heard, “Take heart, it is I; have no fear.” Those words...
There was a photo on the front page of our daily newspaper this morning that made me ashamed to be part of the human race. A lady (No, a women. She was no lady.) was holding a sign that read, “Feed our Kids – Not...
We are all born philosophers. Our children are philosophers. That’s why children delight in playing the Why Game. It is what philosophers do. Socrates spent his life playing the Why Game. The city fathers couldn’t take it anymore and finally sentenced him to death. Somewhere...
The air is filled with the sound of leaf blowers. It is the sound of now. There was no such sound when I was a boy. Then the air was filled with the smell of burning leaves. It was a fantastic smell. I realize why...
Robert Frost wrote, “Not yesterday I learned to know the love of bare November days before the coming of the snow.” “The desolate, deserted trees, the faded earth, the heavy sky.” “These dark days of autumn rain are beautiful as days can be; She (my...
My wife was gone this weekend and I had to fend for myself. I don’t usually eat very well when she isn’t around. I have a bowl of Cheerios in the morning and the rest of the day is just picking here and there; maybe...
One of my favorite things to do for the state university where I teach is to supervise student teachers in our local public schools. This morning I was in a third grade with twenty students at the beginning of the school day. A voice came...
It was cacophony. The sounds of rap music, if you can call it music, (Wow, am I ever old!) were coming from the speakers in the ceiling and some fast talking adman was hawking Golden Oldies CDs from Time/Life on a television in the corner. ...
Old cigar boxes are wonderful because that’s where we can put all manner of useless stuff that’s too meaningful to throw away. We have one containing some old political campaign buttons. One says, “I like Ike.” There is an Adlai Stevenson button, two Nixon buttons...
This afternoon at Denny’s I watched a man order a breakfast special. It came with a large stack of pancakes, a strip of bacon and a pile of scrambled eggs. He was in my natural range of vision so I could watch as he put...