Thinking Out Loud

It's not difficult to identify people whose life has been touched by profound loss or personal tragedy. All you have to do is listen. Their responses become flat and curt: ‘Fine,’ ‘good as can be expected,' ‘Okay,' or ‘I'm alright.

Have You Heard God’s Voice Today?

On October 13, 2010, 33 miners were trapped deep beneath the Atacama Desert in Chile. About noon, they were suddenly surrounded by unusual vibrations, and then there was a LOUD BOOM above them. A stone slab, twice the size of the Empire State Building and weighing 770,000 tons, had dislodged.

Back in the Day

Senior Citizens are constantly being criticized for every deficiency of the modern world.

Family Discussions

Sam entered the kitchen back door, letting it slam behind him. He dumped his gym bag on the floor, tossed his school back pack onto the kitchen table and slumped down into a chair, heaving an audible sigh.

Maddison’s Corner

The three of them were out for a brunch closer to dinner than it was to breakfast, in some dingy diner Monica swore was straight out of a movie. Behind them sat a rowdy pair of teenage boys waiting for someone else to arrive, whom exactly, the group could not figure out.

RAISING OUR KIDS AS PIGS

Sick and tired of trying to teach little Johnny how to be potty trained, instead of leaving a tell-tale path of stain everywhere he goes? Exhausted from the constant battle to teach your two little warrior-siblings to learn to love each other and not try to kill each other every day?

Have You Heard God ’s Voice Today?

The four-man offshore drilling crew had a problem. Urgent repairs were needed. Drilling was shut down. One crew member harnessed up and was lowered through an opening in the rig’s deck. But, something went terribly wrong.

Maddison’s Corner

As promised last week, here are my thoughts on the Formula One movie. I do apologize if this seems unorganized or hard to understand, but please bear with me. I can admit that I did not have very high hopes for this movie.

Thinking Out Loud

It has been said by those in the know that the process of grief and loss has stages. While it is agreed these stages don’t necessarily show up in predictable patterns or in specific order, there’s much more to the grief process than stages. The work of Kubler-Ross is important.

Drowning in Sorrow

Are you or someone you know spiraling downward toward the bottom of life due to uncontrolled sadness and depression? Maybe you have turned to drugs or alcohol to seek happiness or just to escape from the Black Dog of depression.