IV.  Make No Obligations For 33 years, I’ve lived a life of obligations.   Years upon years of meetings to attend, “Can’t Miss Conferences” places I absolutely HAD to be.  Reports to produce.  PowerPoints to present.  Analysis to conduct. Meetings to…

“Honor your father and mother” is the first commandment that has a promise attached to it, namely, “so you will live well and have a long life.” Fathers, don’t frustrate your children with no-win scenarios. Take them by the hand…

WHERE WE WERE YESTERDAY In a recent text convo with a friend, I wrote this —My dad (who died at 48, just before my Senior year in high school), regularly quoted to me a line attributed to Mark Twain: “When…

With gratitude to Steve Colonel and Randall Standridge —- Dear Music Students, It’s that time of year again, time when you have to decide on the classes you’re going to take next year. I hope you will take it from…

In a recent text convo with a friend, I wrote this — My dad (who died at 48, just before my Senior year in high school), regularly quoted to me a line attributed to Mark Twain: “When I was 13,…

Merle Haggard…from long-time friend Joe Domingos, shared here with his gracious permission and his comment: “a shame Merle didn’t live quite long enough to see it happen” — [Verse 1] There’s a big brown cloud in the city And the…

I look forward to hearing from you. What say you? — www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/03/31/miracles-and-wonder-elaine-pagels-book-review-heretic-catherine-nixey — What say you? I look forward to hearing from you.

Called to Contentment Observing Sabbath-rest allows us to step into the same rhythm God established in creating the world. Scripture tells us when God rested from His work, it was because His work was complete (Genesis 2:1). God took joy…

With gratitude to online friend Stacy Hulm —- Watching someone self-destruct is hard, and it can take a toll on us while we pray and wait for a turn-around. In the meantime, we must guard our heart that we don’t…

I’m getting outa the way here — “When we believe that Christ was raised from the dead, then our lives should be a testament to that belief. Otherwise our faith is meaningless. “Doing what is good, leaving our fears behind,…