Raising teenagers

June 6, 2012 | 9 comments

My son Tyler graduated from high school last week. Yay! Two down, none more to go…from high school anyway… While sitting in the stands during the graduation ceremony, I bubbled over with gratitude for all the spiritual blessings and lessons learned I

Feeling connected to God

June 5, 2012 | 3 comments

Q:  What can you do when you don’t feel God in your life? A:  Be grateful for all the evidence of good around you!  And it is prolific. The influence of atheism on the human consciousness causes some people to

Etch the right sketch

June 4, 2012 | 6 comments

Have you ever played with an Etch-A-Sketch®?  I did when I was a kid. Image from How Stuff Works It was very liberating for bumbling, yet aspiring artists, because whenever a mistake was made, one could shake the apparatus, erase the

Be water; not gasoline

June 1, 2012 | 3 comments

If someone starts to pick an argument or verbal fight, do you respond with water or gasoline? Fights between persons are like fires. They typically start with a spark. The spark finds fuel and grows into a flame, and if