During the cold, dreary days of winter, a popular childhood pastime was listening to records. (For those of you too young to remember, records were flat, black, vinyl discs upon[…]
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Mar
2023
Category: On The Foundation
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Feb
2021
“If you have love, you don’t need to have anything else, and if you don’t have it, it doesn’t matter much what else you have.” ~James M. Barrie Valentine’s Day[…]
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Jan
2021
Daily reports of hate-motivated violence, divisive rhetoric, threats to long-held racial, religious, and gender liberties, along with irreparable attacks on our planet, have led me to limit screen exposure. It’s[…]
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Dec
2020
My study window looks out over the neighborhood park. I have logged hundreds of miles in laps around that park over the past 24 years, and yet, there is something[…]
20
Dec
2020
This morning, as I walked through the first snow of the year, I noticed the quiet stillness created by the gently falling flakes. No other form of precipitation produces this[…]
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May
2020
Yesterday morning, during my workout, I watched the Andy Griffith episode where Opie enters the 50-yard dash contest. Barney devises a training regimen and convinces Opie that winning is a[…]
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May
2020
Reflecting on loving relationships in general and marriage in particular is a hazard of my professional training. I have regularly written about marriage for parent resource magazines and people often[…]