My 5th grade math teacher, Mr. Matula, had to excuse himself from the classroom one day for a few minutes when the office summoned him. Of course, he instructed us to keep busy, reviewing what we had just learned. That’s all the time this one profoundly immature student needed, to do something profoundly immature .Now … [Read more…]
In just 9 days, hopefully all of us 18 and over will go to the polls to exercise our civic duty and privilege to vote for the highest office in our great land. It’s been a long, wearisome and ofttimes, troubling Presidential campaign, with both primary parties incessantly reflecting an unfiltered humanity. People all across … [Read more…]
Several years ago, I had read the newspaper account of a young man who had failed to negotiate a sharp turn in the road. He had lost control of his car, which then plummeted down a steep embankment, rolling over and over again. In the process, he was thrown from the vehicle, and tragically, he … [Read more…]
I don’t know if it was David Rhodes, the CBS executive, or David Rhodes, the rock guitarist, or David Rhodes, the prolific author, who said or wrote it, but one of them did: “Pride is the dandelion of the soul. Its root goes deep; only a little left behind sprouts again. Its seeds lodge in … [Read more…]
In some instances, “familiarity does breed contempt.” But in other situations, it can actually breed error. A case in point is the very familiar parable of the Good Samaritan. Most who have heard it would tell you that its primary point is our invitation, yours and mine, to help out others in need. Should we? … [Read more…]
