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This will not be news to many of you, unless you only post family pictures and other “pretty” things. For those of us who think Facebook should serve an honest place in society in exchange for the virtual real estate and time it occupies in our lives, we’re just about … Read more…
Not to write about the tragedies befalling this nation and the vicious forces tearing it apart would seem tone-deaf, and we have too much of that already in this world. By that, I mean too many people are grossly insensitive to the impact their remarks will have on a specific … Read more…
With so much pain and suffering in the world, so much hostility and prejudice, so much anger and fear, so much abuse and hatred, so much greed and power-grabbing from every dark corner of every level of society, it is pure Joy to celebrate our Savior’s birth! He alone can … Read more…
As literally lifesaving as Zoom calls have been for millions of us this past year, Zoom calls still feel weird sometimes. We can also wind up with Zoom fatigue after too many calls. There are those relatives, friends and colleagues who hate the calls — fear them — so much … Read more…
One way to silence a person is to slam him or her in the gut, or kick them in the teeth, and then jump up and down on their fallen body. People are particularly prone to do this to those who expose the truths of their reality, whether political, social, … Read more…
It took a few years for my younger self to grasp the concept of karma, where a person’s own actions determine their future, in this life or the next. (The original definition applied to reincarnation.) For most of my life I’ve been what most people would consider powerless, with no … Read more…
Various blogging experts have expressed the view that we should only write positive material so that our readers will like us and come back to read our commentaries in the future. I’ll be the first to admit I’d rather read and write positive stories any day. And yet… In all … Read more…
We have been and still are celebrating a Holy Season — for Christians and Jews alike — with its attendant joy, blessings, and feelings of gratitude. Yet, as another New Year fast approaches and we begin to turn our thoughts to what it might bring, there is trepidation. True, the … Read more…
8 And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. 9 And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid. 10 And the angel … Read more…
We’re again headed into a Thanksgiving season I wasn’t sure we’d see, not after living through ten years of a spiraling descent into chaos around us. Most of us are sickened by the discord in this country that is caused by foreign interference, exacerbated by all so-called national leaders involved … Read more…