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[Listen to the audio version by using the player below.] I guess I’ve always wondered why God isn’t plain-spoken. I wasn’t around when Moses or Jesus walked the earth, and I have not been a witness to a burning bush… Continue Reading →
[Listen to the audio version by using the player below.] Being a car guy has always been in tension with my profession as an environmental engineer. It is difficult to resolve this internal conflict, and recently, I have given it… Continue Reading →
I worried about retiring. Would I have enough money, to not only meet normal expenses but enough to allow me to do things I had put off? I am easily bored so — would I have enough to keep me… Continue Reading →
[Listen to the audio version by using the player below.] What is consciousness really? Is it merely the function of the brain that has its origins in the organic processes of that organ? Is there something spiritual about the nature… Continue Reading →
Most of us say ‘thank you’ for the many things we either receive as a gift or something said to us as a kindness—a birthday gift, a door held open for us, a ‘bless you’ after a sneeze. There… Continue Reading →
It was finally a beautiful day in March and I needed the warmth of the sun after a long winter of snow, rain and gloom. I ate my McDonald’s sandwich in the car facing the sun and watched people come… Continue Reading →
[Listen to the audio version by using the player below.] My father was an alcoholic from whom I learned many lessons. In some cases, they were lessons about what not to do or what not to be; the negative example… Continue Reading →
[Listen to the audio version by using the player below.] Some people come into and out of our lives making faint impressions. Others, we never know, yet so many of them contribute to our lives in ways we may give… Continue Reading →
[Listen to the audio version by using the player below.] I have stopped worrying about trying to accumulate personal accomplishments. When I was young, I was an ass, driven to survive chaos and dysfunction. By the time I was a… Continue Reading →
[Listen to the audio version by using the player below.] I am a father, grandfather, and officially a senior citizen. Yet even at this age, I still hold memories of my own father, who passed many years ago. When I… Continue Reading →