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Thirty years ago, I was hired as the 1/4-time chaplain at Albright College, a United Methodist college in Reading, PA. One of my tasks was to organize the Baccalaureate service…

A friend of mine told me years ago about a funny thing his family did; I think it was his grandmother, but I am not sure. Anyway, when someone said…

Update: Kerri Sturg was the one who injured herself. I was in a hotel exercise room the other day for my morning wake-up session. I have my aches and pains…

As I have written before, I have agreed and disagreed with every president during my lifetime. That means when my brain was registering that kind of thing so since Pres.…

I consider myself to be left of center on almost every issue, which should be obvious to anyone who knows me. If you are a liberal in Iowa, you might…

One of the gifts and curses of my life is that my brain works on hyper-drive. That doesn’t mean it is better or smarter than others; on the contrary, most…

I thought I would put you in a happy mood with my title today. These are two subjects I have written about before because they are, and always have been,…

There are a lot of Scripture passages that I struggle with, but the one that has always given me the most trouble is from what is commonly known as the…

Empathy is the ability to feel with someone – to understand their struggles and feelings that they are dealing with. Sympathy is feeling for someone – having pity or expressing…

It was 1691-3 in Salem, Massachusetts, and there was an outbreak of witchcraft. Over 200 people – mostly women – ranging from infants to people in their 80’s, were accused…