Don't forget your Common Sense

What's Age Got to Do With It? Not a Thing

2009-05-31T09:50:00.006-04:00

I've been off-line for a while for a variety of reasons: work, travel, computer issues, etc. In other words, the common everyday challenges and time drains of modern life. It's no surprise that most of us feel as though we don't have time to stop and smell the roses--we don't. In Robin McGraw's latest, What's Age Got to Do With It, she encourages the reader--who she most

What America really voted for

2009-03-12T07:51:00.006-04:00

So the Republicans, the Democrats and the media have all been repeating that American voters went to the polls last November and voted for "Change". Now they are all whining, some more than others, about what kind of change we are getting from President Obama's Administration. The Republicans want us to believe that President Obama is just like George Bush. The Democrats want us to believe that

Enough Whining Already

2009-02-21T09:15:00.004-05:00

I am a liberal...a bleeding heart liberal. So excuse me when I say, "enough whining already". President Barack Obama has been in office for a whooping 30 days as of yesterday and if I hear one more person say, "this isn't the change I voted for", I am going to start screaming. For Pete's sake, it's been 30 days and people are already writing off his Administration. We, liberals and

For these tough times

2009-01-04T19:09:00.004-05:00

I just finished the latest book from Max Lucado, For These Tough Times, which endeavors to explain how and why when life gets tough we can keep our focus on God. Now I've been a fan of Mr. Lucado's--let's just call him Max, for several years, thanks in large part to his simple clear writing style which helps people, like me, understand sometimes difficult spiritual concepts like the ones this

New Year Change

2009-01-02T20:02:00.004-05:00

18 days to go until President-Elect Barack Obama becomes President Obama. With all of the year-end specials, I'm embedding a little Smilebox creation to document the Road to Change or as I like to refer to it...the day I saw the future Prez...yippee! I know I'm such a geek sometimes. Make a Smilebox slideshow

The Unseen

2008-12-19T21:32:00.002-05:00

Reading is my passion or at least one of them. So when the opportunity to review new books presented itself, I jumped at the idea. The deal is simple...the publisher sends me a book, I read it and write an honest assessment of what I think. I get a free book and the publisher gets a review. Some books I'll like, some I'll love and some I will probably hate. So here goes:Imagine an undercover

Why God Why?

2008-03-07T13:15:00.000-05:00

Today I received a pass along email from my sister. It was from a friend of hers whose sister has been missing since 1985. The sister, a 15 year old, disappeared on the way home from school and hasn't been seen since. Twenty-three years! Since I'm really close to both my sisters and even close to my brothers, I can't imagine not knowing where one of them is for 23 years. I can't imagine or

Holding On

2007-10-09T21:50:00.000-04:00

I got knocked down again today. Just yesterday I was excited that God was finally going to answer my prayers about my career situation. Don't get me wrong...I have a good job and make a good salary but it's not what God promised and it's not what I really really want. I keep praying to get to the next level and I can't seem to get past the last one. Title-wise...I've taken a step back while

Does God Care About Our Obedience

2007-09-15T08:31:00.000-04:00

I don't get it. Yesterday I heard that the man I report to at work, indirectly since he is my director's boss, is leaving. Now this is a good thing because he is and has been an absolutely lousy boss. He is insensitive, self-involved, arbitrary and disengaged from the department. In almost two years in his role as VP, he does not have a single real accomplishment that he can point to that says

Prayer

2007-09-13T06:24:00.000-04:00

I started off this morning with a prayer for those I love. I'm sure that around the world, millions upon millions of other people did the same. Some of us prayed to Christ, some to Allah but regardless we united in prayer for those we love. Some of our prayers will be answered in the positive and those we love will come through today, safe, sound and secure. But for some of us, our love ones

Fear

2007-09-12T20:39:00.000-04:00

I don't really talk about my fears. I don't think any of us really feels comfortable letting other people know what scares us. But how can you live in America today and not know about fear. I worry about my family and my friends. I watch the news and fear for the world. Big and little until sometimes I feel as if I am drowning in a paralysis defined by what scares me more so that what makes

She's back

2007-09-08T16:48:00.000-04:00

After a nearly two year hiatus, I've decided to pick up my blog. Why? Probably because the world seems even more lacking in common sense now than it did then. So how do I impact that? How does yet another blog in a world full of blogs do anything other than add to the noise? I have no idea but at least it will be an outlet for me to speak about the things that are important without bending

Didn't we already fight a war against King George?

2005-08-03T07:52:00.000-04:00

Did you miss the coronation of the first American King? Evidently while we were sleeping George W Bush and his neo-con gang have decided that the presidency didn't offer enough power and have anointed George W. as King. What? You didn't know that the United States was a monarchy...neither did I. However all the signs are in place--disregard for the other legislative bodies, disregard for the

Would "Deep Throat's" story be printed by the Washington Post today?

2005-01-23T17:13:00.000-05:00

In 1972, Woodward and Bernstein and their editors at the Washington Post, published the politically charged story of the Watergate break-in. Their efforts were heroic although the men behind it were probably motivated by the same instincts that motivate us all at one time or another; the quest for recognition, the quest for fortune, and the quest to do something memorable. If you have ever seen

The dying dream of democracy

2005-01-07T05:13:00.001-05:00

The Democratic process relies on three elements to succeed: its citizens, its elected officials and its media. On January 6, 2005 all three let Democracy down. In a few years, I believe Americans will look back on this date as the the day that Democracy was put on life support. For the millions of Americans who took time away from watching television and reading the big news about the

Welcome

2004-12-19T04:25:00.000-05:00

Hi There I was sitting in my sunroom today contemplating God's purpose for my life and reading a book by Max Lucado. For more than a year I have been struggling with what does God want me to do with my life. I don't mean how do I handle the little things like work and relationships and getting older and well you know. I mean what does He want me to do! The one thought that has been resonating