Not Giving on Giving Tuesday

Not Giving on Giving Tuesday

Dec. 1, 2020 by

            ‘Tis the season.  To be jolly?  Maybe.   But it’s also the season for charitable appeals.             As I did last year, I began stockpiling the mail that came

History Lessons

History Lessons

Nov. 25, 2020 by

            During my elementary grade school years I remember loathing history class.  I had zero interest in history.  Why did we need to know or worry about what already happened? 

I Haven’t Cried

I Haven’t Cried

Nov. 13, 2020 by

            Recently, while Evelyn and I were Walmart shopping, we got news that my uncle, Chuck Wilson, had passed away from an apparent heart attack.  My Aunt Linda called to

Touching

Touching

Oct. 27, 2020 by

Reading my daily devotional guide, “The Upper Room Disciplines,” for last Tuesday, October 20, I found myself considering the special blessing that is contained in touch.  The devotional writer, Marilyn

Quandary

Quandary

Oct. 13, 2020 by

I still attend the little church I found here in Delaware after my retirement eight years ago.  Dave does not. Dave and I met shortly after I started worshiping in

Our Authoritarian President?

Our Authoritarian President?

Oct. 6, 2020 by

What does it mean that President Trump has now contracted COVID-19?  It’s no secret that he tried to downplay the severity of the pandemic from the beginning.  He is on

Don and Dan — a Biblical Prediction?

Don and Dan — a Biblical Prediction?

Sep. 29, 2020 by

  [I had written this on 9/27/20, but I inadvertently hit a button or clicked my mouse; in any event, my composition was relegated (according to the message that popped

The Good Life

The Good Life

Sep. 23, 2020 by

There is so much in the world to worry or complain about, isn’t there?  Civil unrest, increasing prices, climate change, COVID-19, and don’t get me started on the infuriating nonsense

Mr. Hudson and St. Francis

Mr. Hudson and St. Francis

Sep. 15, 2020 by

St. Francis of Assisi was hoeing his garden when someone asked what he would do if he were suddenly to learn that he would die before sunset that very day.

This Week Made Scents

This Week Made Scents

Sep. 8, 2020 by

Evelyn and I had carved out a few days for camping in Killens Pond State Park, a Delaware park not far from our home, from Aug. 30 – Sept. 3.