This post is not my typical style. It is a real life story that I feel needs to be told. And, it’s my story. I hope you’ll read it and respond – in words and action. Something is wrong with healthcare, and reform is needed. I get that we need to negotiate what that means. No matter [...]
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It’s simple: Healthcare reform is needed.
January 25, 2010Sunday Service: Charter for Compassion
November 15, 2009This week’s Sunday Service opportunity is not a charity or community organization that needs your support. Today I am helping to share the Charter for Compassion; a way of being, based on the Golden Rule. I truly believe if this Charter were adopted worldwide, there would be no need for future Sunday Service posts. Imagine if everyone [...]
Veterans Day
November 11, 2009Today is Veterans Day. To my son, a US Army 82nd Airborne veteran of two tours in Afghanistan and a tour in Iraq, and to all the other brave men and women who gave a part of their life to protect our freedom: Thank you for your service.
A wall came down, and hope was raised
November 10, 2009When I was 14, our family traveled to the central area of (then) West Germany for my Uncle Edgar’s wedding. Perhaps someday I’ll write about the charm of a rural German wedding, but this post is about another site we visited. Our parents took my brother and I to see the East-West German border. I was [...]
Sunday Service: 10 Best Women’s Charities per Marie Claire
October 25, 2009This week, I came across a great article published by Marie Claire magazine online, spotlighting charities that focus on benefitting women and girls. With the recent release of The Shriver Report: A Woman’s Nation Changes Everything, I thought a focus on these charities was most timely. Click here for the full article in Marie Claire for a summary [...]
Does the truth set you free?
October 21, 2009In the Bible, John 8:31-32 states: “Jesus was saying to those Jews who had believed Him, “If you continue in My word, then you are truly disciples of Mine; and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.” While the last phrase is often quoted, it’s important to read it in [...]
Gold Star Mother’s and Families’ Day
September 26, 2009The first time my son was deployed to Afghanistan, a friend of ours hand made a Blue Star Flag to post in our front window. This is a traditional symbol, dating back to WWI, of a household with a member deployed to a combat situation. Our flag was taken down upon our son’s return, but was reposted for [...]
Sunday Service: Your local High School Booster Clubs
September 6, 2009Here in Central Ohio, a lot of school districts are struggling with reduced revenues and increasing expenses. With the state of the economy over the last couple of years, local citizens are very hesitant to renew school funding levies. Many people simply can’t afford it. Many people can afford it but feel enough is enough. [...]
An eagle needs both wings
August 31, 2009Imagine, for a moment, an eagle soaring. What do you see in your mind’s eye? You can likely envision a very large, almost regal appearing bird with an enormous wingspan; up to eight or nine feet wide. You can probably imagine an eagle flying high above the trees with a blue sky backdrop, wings outspread as it scans the skyscape [...]
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