We all like to think that we have no biases, but we all do. We might not recognize them as such. We might call them beliefs, opinions, ideas, or facts but never think of them as prejudices or bigotries. Yet most of us are predisposed to think discriminately. That in itself is not necessarily a…
There was an article in the Wall Street Journal, when Bernie Marcus died on November 4, 2024. Most of us wouldn’t recognize his name, but we are all familiar with the company he helped found––Home Depot. Marcus and his business partner, Arthur Blank, became friends and colleagues while working for Handy Dan Home Improvement Centers in the…
According to Wikipedia: “Shalom is a sense of contentment, wholeness, and harmony. It is the state or condition of being unbroken, uninjured, or undamaged. It is the state of including the full amount or extent of something, or all parts of something in place, with nothing missing. It is the state or condition of being…
One of my favorite authors (Robert Fulghum) made a list of common-sense rules for home repair projects that went something like this: ♦ Always work alone. An audience is hardly ever helpful. ♦ Keep your tools clean and your language cleaner. ♦ Pray! If God Himself can’t fix it, what makes you think you can.…
The word “media” is the plural form of medium. It is usually used to refer to a means of communication such as radio and television, newspapers, magazines, and the internet, that inform or influence large groups of people. The internet ushered in what we call social media including texts, tweets, posts, pod casts and blogs. Many…
My first real encounter with the word “hate”, and its meaning, happened when I was just a small child of about six-or-seven-years of age. I was playing with my two younger cousins, on their farm, and the boy cousin started to climb over a gate into a cow pasture. Just then, his teen-aged brother came…
At Charlie Kirk’s memorial service on September 21, 2025, his widow declared her forgiveness to the assassin. Erika Kirk’s deliberate act of forgiveness, which was heard by millions of people, inspired actor Tim Allen to forgive the drunk driver who killed his father in 1964. Allen was just 11 when his dad died and he carried unforgiveness…
The 10th Commandment is recorded in Exodus 20:17: “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor’s.” “You shall not covet” means that we should banish all desires for whatever doesn’t…
According to Wikipedia, “The legal definition of the word corruption is: The dishonest or fraudulent misuse of entrusted authority or power for personal or unlawful gain, involving acts like bribery, embezzlement, and extortion. It is characterized by a breach of public trust, particularly in cases of public corruption, where officials act for personal benefit instead…
The Bee Gees were one of the most successful singing groups of the 1970s with their tight harmony, energetic songs, and trademark falsetto voices. You don’t have to be from that era to recall one of their biggest hits, Staying Alive. The famed trio was comprised of three brothers, and Barry Gibb is the lone survivor. Maurice and…