My Twitter timeline exploded this past Thursday with news that Muammar Gaddafi, ruler of the African nation of Libya for over 42 years, had been killed. His death was certainly significant news…
How many times have you been discouraged because you felt your voice was too small or your point of view too radical to be heard? Even I, one who has always been different than the norm,…
As a child, I can remember being riveted by those “Choose Your Own Adventure” novels where, as a reader, I was asked to make decisions at several points throughout each book regarding how I desired…
On Friday morning, the NBA joined the NFL in an owner lockout of its players, due to the league’s expiring collective bargaining agreement and its inability to settle disputes with its players…
So, it’s been almost a week since news of multiple rules violations and soon-coming sanctions lead to the resignation of the wildly successful Ohio State Buckeyes head football coach Jim Tressel,…
Fierce tornados ripped through the gulf region near the end of April, killing 41, injuring 1,000 others, and decimating the city of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, one very near and dear to my heart,…
If you’re reading these thoughts in your bulletin or online right now, then one of two things is true; either Harold Camping’s May 21 apocalyptic prediction was right and you (we) weren’t part…
Surely, we’ve all heard it said at one point or another that winning cures everything. When you win, all of your issues, shortcomings, conflicts, and inadequacies are seemingly pushed to the side…
Before my wife and I went to sleep Friday night, we took a trip down memory lane and watched an old tape of Game 4 of the 1989 NBA Finals, when the Detroit Pistons completed their improbable sweep…
