Our Things are Better Now. The Amount of Shelling has Decreased Зараз у нас все краще. Кількість обстрілів зменшилася *** We received the message below in response to the message sent to Igor on Sunday. Нижче ми отримали повідомлення у відповідь на повідомлення, надіслане Ігорю в неділю. *** My...
The Light Shines Upon the Chairs that You and Others Used to Sit Світло сяє на стільцях, на яких раніше сиділи ви та інші For many years before the pandemic, our friends from Ukraine, all pastors or seminary professors or both, would stay at our house for a little more than a week in March, while...
Emails from Friends in Ukraine at the Start of the War Листи від друзів з України на початку війни Below is an email I sent out to my family, various friends, and my church group in which I included the emails I had received from friends in Ukraine when the invasion had begun. I had been in more...
I am a member of a weekly zoom Sunday Sermon Discussion group through a church I am mainly only able to participate with online. One discussion we had was on Jesus as the center of our faith and hope. A part of this discussion included the seemingly pervasive infiltration of “Christian...
Alex Haley, a Writer & Speaker Who with Words Painted Pictures I Remember to this Day For most of my 31 years working for the IRS, my job, which I loved, was managing, promoting, and coordinating the public outreach and education programs for the IRS, a one-of-a-kind position within each IRS...
“Dad, you are not getting any younger.” My youngest daughter is what I have often described as a divine or inspired nag concerning my writing. Everyone should be so blessed to have such a loving, direct, and insistent family member or friend in their life. And of late, with my...
“Dad, you need to write for your audience. You need to figure that out. Have you been thinking about who your audience is since we last had this same conversation?” “Yes, I thought about your question. It was a good question. It made me think a lot.” “Ok, good. So,...
In June 2021, a close friend and I got together twice, once for morning coffee, once for lunch. The times together with this friend were always enjoyable, but until these two meetings, our times with each other had been suspended for more than a year by the pandemic. During our times together, we...