Thinking on These Things

1. Prayer is not a “spare wheel” that you pull out when in trouble; but, it is a “steering wheel” that directs the right path throughout. 2. Why is a car’s windshield so large and the rear view mirror so small? Because our past is not important as our future. So, look ahead and move on. 3.

“OUR child is absolutely perfect!”

Some years, and quite a few Coffeetime Columns ago, we wrote an article called Hellion Alert. It was about Andy recounting a true incident of eating lunch in a restaurant where a small, undisciplined child was wreaking havoc while the mother ignored it all.

A Straight Line or a Spiral?

"Is Life A Straight Line Or A Spiral?" As one examines nature, one finds very few straight lines in its creation. Although this can be debated, more often than not, the spiral is the center point of nature's organic structure. You might say, what about trees? They look pretty straight.

What Are Your Bad Habits?

Someone has asked, “Would the boy you once were be proud of the man you are now?” This may be a troubling question for some of us. Of course, no one is perfect in this world of ours. Each of us has failed in some way. Most of us are ashamed of something we have said or done.

Thinking Out Loud

I always plan to hide on Mothers' Day. To bury myself under imaginative covers and avoid the flood of Mothers' Day messages on Facebook and all lovey dovey stories about Mothers. To lose myself in books and movies, and pretend this emotional day doesn't exist.

“I Got This!”

Our family traveled a lot years ago, singing on Sunday morning in churches in another states. Back in those days, when you attended church you were expected to dress more formally than is accepted today. Therefore this entailed having to pack suits, ties, and dresses, along with ‘non-church clothes.

Back in the day

1974- DST Begins Year-round daylight savings time, an idea blamed on Benjamin Franklin, was scheduled to begin the next day in an effort to save energy during a fuel crisis.

Thinking Out Loud

Hurting Hearts; Healed Hearts! Thinking Out Loud: Wish the Stigma of Suicide Would End! Each one in the Suicide Support Group has a different story.

How’s Your Dash?

People who are taught about God at a young age are to be admired: first, because they have parents who love them into eternity; second, because at every wrong turn in life they have a loving, guiding hand; and third, they are instilled with God’s plan for living, rather than accepting the world’s...

“Speeding In The Fast Lane”

After many years of neglecting his family, a hardworking successful salesman finally took his wife on a date. Unfortunately, very conscious of the time he was ‘wasting’, he frequently checked his watch. Fed up with his inattentiveness, she finally confronted him over dessert.