Going to college was never on my radar. I had no goal, no direction, no reason to spend four or more years of my life sitting at a desk learning. High School would have to do, so off I went to work and life. And it has been a good life, sans that higher education. …
You probably remember that kid in school. He never seemed to have a pen or pencil, couldn’t find his homework, forgot his lunch money, was always asking what time it was. Oops – maybe you were that kid. I was not. At all. I remember getting my first wristwatch. My dad was in Korea, keeping …
So I’m sitting out in my music room enjoying the incredible sound emanating from the speakers. After years of refinement I have achieved a level of sound reproduction that few get a chance to hear – my system a sum total, a symbiosis, of the advanced components working together to bring me clarity, detail, depth …
I remember finding that shirt in one of those ubiquitous little beach shops that sold such things. I was on a trip with a friend as a young teen, had some spending cash, and snatched it up because it spoke to me. It became my favorite teenage t-shirt, which I wore until it finally fell …
re·sil·ien·cy | \ ri-ˈzil-yən(t)-sē – 1: the ability of something to return to its original size and shape after being compressed or deformed 2: an ability to recover from or adjust easily to adversity or change Some people stretch before a workout. Many times we are forced to stretch our budget. A cat loves to …
It’s a new year. Not a major surprise – it happens, every year. The big question is: what do I do it with it? Last year I launched a project called “21 in 21” which was a list of twenty-one endeavors to keep me moving forward as I continued my journey of healing and regaining …
“So it was, that while they were there, the days were completed for her to be delivered. And she brought forth her firstborn Son, and wrapped Him in swaddling cloths, and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.” Luke 2:6-7 A story that begins with a barren …
“Now there were in the same country shepherds living out in the fields, keeping watch over their flock by night. And behold, an angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were greatly afraid. Then the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid, for behold, I bring you good …
“And it came to pass in those days that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. This census first took place while Quirinius was governing Syria. So all went to be registered, everyone to his own city. Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of …
“Now the birth of Jesus Christ was as follows: After His mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Spirit. Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not wanting to make her a public example, was minded to put her away secretly. But …
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