Originally Posted April 28, 2020 ESPN has a new series on Michael Jordon and the Chicago Bulls focusing on  their glory years (6 NBA Championships) called “The Last Dance”. It focuses on the drama behind the scenes…. things that you may find interesting and things you’d really prefer never to know about. Well if ESPN can … Continue reading “Pulling Back The Curtain” →

Originally Posted April 26, 2020 My mother used to say “boy, your father was a “worrier; he really knew how to worry”.  I guess that’s where I inherited my tendency to worry. Ask Judy if I’m a worrier and she won’t say a word, but her “eyebrows” will go up…. Hmmm. Worry is a good barometer … Continue reading “What, Me Worry” →

Originally Posted April 25, 2020 Memory is the faculty of the brain by which data or information is encoded, stored, and retrieved when needed.  Sounds simple enough. Yet at times it seems a bit more complex, more selective, more random.  I’ve lived away from my family in St. Louis for almost 50 years; yet, whenever we’re together … Continue reading “Not The Scrambled Eggs Again” →

Originally Posted Apr. 20, 2020 There’s a song called  “Even If”, by the group MERCY ME, that captures a truth about how God answers prayer sometimes YES and sometimes NO. "Looking Good..." “I know You're able and I know You canSave through the fire with Your mighty handBut even if You don'tMy hope is You alone”  It has to … Continue reading “ Boy, I’d Look Good In A New Car” →

Originally Posted April 23, 2020 Perspective is “having a sense of proportion, knowing the relative importance of things”. It helps you navigate thru problems and life, especially in making decisions, in knowing what’s important and what’s not. It helps you know when to “go back to the drawing board and when to pull the plug”.  … Continue reading “Houston, We Have A Problem” →

Originally Posted April 21, 2020 I saw an article recently that probed whether people want to know the future. “For nearly every question, the majority of participants said they wouldn't want to know the answer. The issues ranged from serious to mundane and included when they or their partner would die, what they would die … Continue reading “Knowing The Future” →

Originally Posted April 20, 2020 Recently I found myself using one of Yogi Berra’s “Yogi-isms” when talking to some of my elderly friends. I told them…. "I’m not coming to your funeral, unless you come to mine.” Being a longtime St. Louis Cardinal fan, I usually don’t make a list of other team’s great players. But … Continue reading “It Ain’t Over, ‘Till It’s Over” →

Originally Posted April 19, 2020 Many years ago, I was in a meeting and I remember one of my friends telling a joke; it was really funny. The next moment I experienced a Grand Mal Seizure. (some joke) When I regained consciousness, I was very confused, anxious, and fearful. My back was killing me and my … Continue reading “Finding Help in Time of Need” →

Originally Posted April 18, 2020 Webster says that “Imagination is the act or power of forming a mental image of something not present to the senses or never before wholly perceived in reality”.  Hmmm, I guess that’s a pretty good definition. Yet like the boy in the picture, when I was in grade school, we weren’t encouraged to … Continue reading “God Is Very Smart” →

Originally Posted April 17, 2020 Larry Holmes was the heavy weight boxing champion from 1978-1983. He won his first 48 professional bouts, including victories over Ken Norton and Muhammad Ali. He had 20 successful title defenses. We lived in Easton during those years and I used to see him occasionally at a restaurant or running along … Continue reading “The Gentle Giant” →