A few years ago, my family gave me a Garmin GPS for my car. I wish I could say that my GPS was without flaw. Once in Nashville TN, instead of taking me to the Botanical Garden, it took me far into the countryside miles away from my destination. I think my Garmin was downright […]
We’ve been listening to days of emotional testimony in the case against Derek Chauvin, the police officer charged with George Floyd’s death. Last week, there was excruciating detail from Dr. Martin Tobin, a pulmonary specialist. He took people through different videos, pointing out all the ways that George Floyd was dying and trying so hard […]
But Thomas (who was called the Twin ), one of the twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord.” But he said to them, “Unless I see the mark of the nails in his hands, and put my finger in the mark of […]
Living at the epicenter of the George Floyd murder case has been all consuming. Since that fateful May 25, 2020 encounter with police last year, every day has had a new story. From the rioting which exploded after his death, resulting in the burning of small businesses in the immigrant community, to the destruction of […]
Bad news travels quickly in our society. From Twitter to CNN to our local radio stations, we are on top of the news as it happens, when it happens. A recent study of news media uncovered a hidden bias for negative news. It was not, the authors said, intentional. But it seemed to be a […]
Today, as I write, the sky is gray and has been for a few days. It is gloomy, and dark. If I didn’t know better, I would think that the sun had vanished. Yet, my experience tells me that behind dark gray clouds, the sun is beating down its life giving power on our earth. […]
“A very large crowd spread their cloaks on the road, and others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road. The crowds that went ahead of him and that followed were shouting,“Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!Hosanna in the highest […]