I hope everyone had a great Valentine’s Day. Although Valentine’s Day has special meanings, loving is not a once-a-year activity. Having a caring heart for my neighbors as well as my friends and family is a daily practice I try to follow. You’re Fired. Recently a former member of the Read more…
Reservoirs. Growing up in Wichita, Kansas, my family was too poor to afford family vacations. However, we were blessed by my dad’s job. He was the lowest level employee at the Wichita Bank for Cooperatives. He graduated from Kansas State University with a degree in Civil Engineering. That education qualified Read more…
AfD. In last week’s blog I mentioned that I had a concern about Elon Musk’s support of the AfD party in Germany. After I wrote that I realized I did not know much about AfD. Rather than depending on the media I decided to ask a German citizen about his Read more…
The distribution got messed up last week. This is a test. If it works then my regular blog will go out on Thursday as usual. Thanks Jerry
Whether you like Obama or not, I think his words here are wise. I have a deep concern about the division in our country and the opportunity that divisiveness creates for outside forces to cause problems within us. I am a strong believer in united we stand; divided we fall. Read more…
We are with family in Nashville this week. I will be back next week.
Anniversary. January 6 was Monday. A reader asked my opinion of the events four years ago. I had not deeply considered the issue so I did some pondering. I have readers who have shared with me a broad range of opinions about what happened in Washington four years ago. Some Read more…
New Years Eve has never been a great celebration for me. For many years I have not even stayed up to watch midnight in New York City. My lack of party enthusiasm does not mean I am not glad to have another year. When you get to be my age, Read more…
As most of you know, the celebration of the birth of Christ is a special holiday for Jeny and me. If you do not share our faith, we still extend our love and hope you have a joyous holiday. For many years we have sent a family update in our Read more…
As many of you know, one of my favorite verses in scripture is the question Jesus asked, “Why do you attend to the fleck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and ignore the plank in your own?” Last week I wrote of listening to people who had the courage to Read more…