Detecting the temblors

November 28, 2011 | 3 comments

During Thanksgiving break, I took my family to the big island of Hawaii. We usually go somewhere together in the summer, but that didn’t work this year because both children had summer jobs they needed to stay in town for.

Black Friday

November 25, 2011 | 3 comments

It’s Black Friday in the United States!  Sounds ominous. But the word “Black” actually refers to the bottom line of retail stores, the day their business is supposed to start registering a profit for the year from the hordes of

Gratitude is important

November 24, 2011 | 15 comments

It’s Thanksgiving Day in the United States. I love this day. It reminds me to be extra grateful for all the blessings God has bestowed on my family, my community, my church, and on the world. With daily headlines of

Money is not the issue

November 23, 2011 | 7 comments

I chuckled when a woman shared a story with me at a recent lecture. She reported that her daughter’s tennis team had advanced to National play-offs. She and her husband wanted to attend the play-offs, but the matches were 2000 miles

Just for fun…

November 22, 2011 | 8 comments

My eye caught this query on a tee-shirt while walking through the Minneapolis airport. I couldn’t help but stop and chuckle… If a man speaks in a forest where no woman can hear, is he still wrong?