The year 2021 marked the 411th anniversary of the most important event in English Bible translation history.  Since its first printing in 16...

We all know the drill.  Presidential candidates spend millions to hire brilliant minds to create and produce their campaign materials (with ...

RSVP means “please respond.” It is the acronym for the French phrase Répondez S'il Vous Plaît. This requests the invitee to formally acc...

One of the things I learned in the workplace that I'll take to my grave is "Think outside the box."   This metaphor means: thi...

Before the pandemic, I blogged about this special night.   Three years later, I find myself pining for those nights when we could physically...

Like a donkey, I bray “Oh my God!” when something startles me. Then guilt, heavy guilt, hits me big time.  "Thou shalt not take the Lor...

Cogito, ergo sum is a statement by 17th-century philosopher René Descartes in his 1637 Discourse in the Method . It is more familiar to us ...

Are Christmas parties possible during a pandemic?  Well, if you consider staring at a screen filled with tiny squares (each showing either a...

Heart failure is one of the most common causes of a person's sudden death.  This might have happened to our dear Fiscal, the street cat ...

My friend, Ardy Roberto, the moving force behind " Project Author ," invited me to one of his online meetings with would-be author...

This is our second New Year's Day wearing face masks outside our homes. The unwanted, untamed enemy in this protacted war keeps mutatin...

"Releasing Children From Poverty in Jesus' Name" This first line in the Compassion International (CI) brochure so moved me, I ...

For years and years, I would not repeat my Christmas tree motif . Thinking up of what next?  was hard to ignore.    Then five years ago, we ...

In December, it's Merry Christmas, not Happy Holidays.  Among Christians, there are no ifs, buts, ands, or maybes. Christmas is when we ...

Christians all over the world celebrate the birth of Christ on the 25th of December.  But the date is inconsequential, really. It could be o...

A few houses in our village are go-to places during Christmas. The owners put up thousands of lights that elicit aahs and oohs from all pass...

“Mom, you’ve been wanting a new sala set. Now you can choose whatever you want and that’ll be my Christmas and birthday gift to you,” said M...

Today, a newborn is welcomed with the best of care—scientific and antiseptic.  The doctor suctions his mouth and nose to clear away fluids, ...

There are stores selling branded goods at cheap prizes. Reason?  The merchandise are less than perfect: asymmetrical buttonholes; uneven hem...

Since October, I've been blogging quite often about the color PINK — about keeping a rosy attitude despite a polarized political playgro...