January 14, 2019 | 15 comments
To participate in constructive conversations with others, be a peacemaker, rather than a fighter. By a “fighter,” I’m talking about those who believe they must verbally fight, perhaps yell, and hurl lethal statements at the other to get their way.
September 26, 2018 | 47 comments
Kathy and I had our first grandchild last June. A big deal for us! Her name is Kayla Renee, and she is a dear. We were on babysitting duty for a week recently so that the parents could catch up
December 28, 2016 | 20 comments
A reader sent me the below story a week after I posted a blog on December 21, 2016, titled, “Some of the best gifts.” As it turned out, that blog was one of the most popular I’ve posted in a
November 3, 2015 | 18 comments
There are many ways parents can bless their children, and praying for their safety is one of them. Prayer has far reaching consequences. Its effect does not reside simply in the immediate physical locale of the one who is praying.
May 28, 2015 | 4 comments
When I watch this short video about Noe Rueda growing up poor in Little Village, a neighborhood on Chicago’s West Side, I can’t help but feel hope for all of humanity. The social, environmental and economic odds were all stacked