One of the most vivid memories of my childhood was a punishment I received for making a mess in the basement of our house when I was just a boy.…
A wise man once said "You only get out of life what you put into it. Don't expect more until you do more." Wow. That's something to let echo in…
"A home is more than just where you live; it reflects who you are!" As I contemplated this quote, I wondered about the advice I've received through my life about…
Do you know why I hate curve roads? Because I can't see what's coming! And when I can't see what's coming, my brain starts filling in the blanks. And when…
I never understood what my mom meant when she would say "This is going to hurt me more than you" when she'd discipline me until I became a parent myself.…
Robert Louis Stevenson once said, "Sooner or later, everyone sits down to a banquet of consequences."
And this is precisely why it is always so corrosive to a person, to a…
I love this quote from Sandra Carey "Never mistake knowledge for wisdom. One helps you make a living; the other helps you make a life." So very true. It seems…
Our Orthodox Christian calendar revolves around Pascha, the celebration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ. In fact, it isn't just our calendar, but our entire theology revolves around the Resurrection…
So much conflict today is based on nothing more than finding out that someone agrees with someone else you disagree with! The friend of my enemy is my enemy. But…
"It's in your tone." My tone, what does that mean? We were discussing some heavy issue and the conversation had, indeed, turned toward the heart of the matter. I guess…