• Take Care of Spiritual Issues Today

    Recently my sister and I spoke to an attorney about some legal matters regarding our aging parents. This is something we and our parents have discussed numerous times over the past few years as needing to be done, but it has been easy to just talk about it without actually taking action. Since there hadn’t…

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  • The Biggest Battle Is with Ourselves

    Maybe you have seen the TV commercial where a man is walking across a busy street when he suddenly confronts another person right there in the middle of the crosswalk. The oddity of the encounter is that the other person is himself. These two identical individuals proceed to wrestle with each other for a few…

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  • Tell Others about Your Great Deal

    Recently we were presenting one of our daughters with gifts for her birthday. As she was opening them, my wife excitedly explained the good deals she had received on a couple of the items. She laughed at herself, knowing that it isn’t proper to talk about how much you spent on presents. However, she was…

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  • Have You Truly Tasted the Lord?

    During a recent bout of illness, my sense of taste was greatly affected. Nothing tasted as good as it had previously. Additionally, certain foods, no matter how flavorful or spicy I knew them to be, seemed totally bland to my altered palate. I forced myself to eat, but I discovered how difficult and unpleasant it…

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  • Misguided Efforts Could Be Making Things Worse

    Last week I mentioned a health scare I had that turned out to be nothing significant. Nevertheless, I do know people who have heart issues and have been prescribed a blood thinner. Some of them are even required to go periodically to get their blood tested in order to make sure that it isn’t too…

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