The prisms we use to view the world greatly frame what we actually see. This fact was brought home to me in crushing fulness through just one sentence, spoken once by one man.Throughout my life, I have been fascinated by and attracted to Europe. Listening to my great-grandfather and people in my hometown speak German […]

Claire, our youngest child, has been feeling called to serve others. She has been serving guests at Walt Disney World, her dream employer, for the past year since graduating from college, yet she feels that the time is right for her to serve in a more meaningful way. So she applied for, and was accepted

Chefs often say we eat first with our eyes, meaning that how a dish looks influences our enjoyment of it. I am redefining that phrase.I used to do most of the cooking for my family when I wasn’t traveling for work. It was a joy for me, a creative outlet and, most importantly, a way

Thursday, February 15, 2018 the U. S. House of Representatives passed the #ADA Education and Reform Act. This Act, likely to make it into law, requires people who are denied access to places of business to A) write the property owner within five days to notify the owner of the violation, then B) wait 6

Indentured service and separate but equal systems haven’t actually gone out of fashion. They have just been regifted to a different group of minorities. One of the richest people in the country (allegedly) convened his Sessions at the Department of Justice to, in his best Alabaman, “I Declare” that Abbie Normal non-beautiful “employees” can be

My newest book is available on Amazon, in book and Kindle forms!Many readers of Shells: Sustained by Grace Within the Tempest asked if some chapters were grounded in specific Biblical passages. This, along with hearing from readers already using Shells in their Christian study groups, formed the impetus behind this companion collection of 25 Bible

It was mere minutes before closing time. We needed to get a jump on the crowd to get back to the hostel before lockup time. Given my beer consumption and the long train trip back to the hostel, I made my companions wait for a time while I went to relieve myself. Then time stopped. The

Yesterday my Facebook post was rightly dedicated solely to Claire and the melody of her accomplishments, but there is an accompanying theme in this music.I was diagnosed with ALS in 2005, when Claire was still in grade school. The doctor who gave me that diagnosis, and the cold statistics of this disease, offered no solace,

If you have read my book Shells: Sustained by Grace Within the Tempest you already have an intro to the absurdity of power wheelchair pricing and insurance coverage. With a couple of years more down the road, so to say, I have an update that tips the absurdometer beyond full.My original power wheelchair was covered by private

What Makes a Day “Good”? It is such a common sentiment. “Have a good day.” Comedian George Carlin had a field day with this one, wondering in many ways how one could measure a day’s “good-ness” and how dare someone saddle you with the burden of their expectations. “What if I don’t feel like doing anything