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Some assembly required. These words show up at the most inopportune times. Whether it is Christmas eve or in the middle of a project, something you anticipated being able to pull out of the box and use was not so straight forward. Frustration, even exasperation…

What is perspective? It is “a way of thinking about and understanding something” (per Britannica Dictionary), hopefully with a level head. With the hyperbole of the 24/7 news via a variety of platforms, busy-ness at work and craziness on the family calendar, it can be…

He and his dad pulled the old truck out of the horse barn. His uncle had told him he could have the truck when he wanted it - a 1957 F-250 with one of the first V8 engines Ford made that stayed together. It was…

When his buddy told him he could get two candy bars for the price of one if he put the second one in his pocket, it seemed like a good idea. But when the owner of the store asked if he was planning to pay…

What were the consequences when you failed to obey your parents? Were certain privileges taken away for a time? Did you get grounded from some of your fun outside activities? Was there corporal punishment? Or did your mom use the ‘D-word’ on you, that she…

Happy Easter from my family to yours. Everything changed that first Easter not quite 2000 years ago. A new day dawned in the hearts and minds of Jesus’ disciples. While darkness enveloped them all Friday and Saturday, Jesus’ light blasted through Sunday. Easter, the most…

It was his senior year of high school and accounting was the last class period of the day. He had gotten an ‘A’ the first quarter of the spring semester and rationalized that if he did not go to class the second quarter, the grade…