December 17, 2009 | 2 comments
THE BRIDGE BUILDER An old man, going a lone highway, Came at the evening cold and gray, To a chasm, vast and deep and wide, Through which was flowing a sullen tide. The old man crossed in the twilight dim-
March 3, 2009 | 4 comments
As I walked down our long driveway to get the newspaper this morning, I thought, “I wonder what is happening in the world today?” With steep stock market declines, bank failures, shrinking GDPs around the world, war in the Far
September 23, 2008 | 1 comment
A reader sent in the below sequence of pictures and attached explanation. I was especially moved by the story for it illustrates that no matter how destroyed, bombed out, or terrorized we feel, we can always come back with a
August 21, 2008 | 1 comment
Have you ever made a wrong snap decision about someone, and then treated them in a hurtful way that you later regretted? I heard a sobering story today that illustrates the evils of jumping to the wrong conclusion. In centuries
August 18, 2008 | 2 comments
Today our bus stopped in front of the Chillon Castle, just outside of Montreaux, Switzerland. When I looked over the precipice to see the bottom of the massive structure and I saw water all the way around the base, I