Jan 4, 2010
There are two kingdoms in this world. Only two.
One kingdom is the material, visible, tangible one we see all around us. The other is usually invisible, intangible, and spiritual. But both are incontrovertibly real, and they are inextricably merged. They overlap and...
Dec 28, 2009
It came upon the midnight clear, that glorious song of old
From angels bending near the earth, to touch their harps of gold.
Peace on the earth, good will to men
From Heaven s all gracious King
The world in solemn stillness lay, to hear the angels sing.
Time,...
Dec 21, 2009
Tolerance is good. Intolerance is bad. Right?
Not always, in either case. Consider: One of the primary definitions of tolerance is the capacity to endure hardship and suffering.
How long should a person put up with a toothache before he sees the dentist? How long should...
Dec 14, 2009
How many of us have memorized the immortal words from the Gettysburg Address by Abraham Lincoln? . . . that government, of the people, by the people, and for the people, shall not perish from the earth.
I suspect that, apart from the equally immortal words of Thomas...
Nov 30, 2009
In just a few days, President Obama will be in Copenhagen, Denmark, with a large group of influential people from around the world, discussing what to do to prevent our globe from frying like an egg on a hot sidewalk. That last part is an exaggeration, of course, but the...
Nov 16, 2009
As I try to do on Veterans and Memorial Days, I spent some time Wednesday walking among the grave markers in the vast, beautiful but somber Los Angeles National Veterans cemetery in Westwood. I read the names and thanked them out loud, as always.My doctor friend Bob Karns...
Sep 29, 2009
Remember “Y2K”? The growing angst that neared panic, the predictions that at the stroke of midnight, 1999, every computer and digital device in the world would self-destruct? It sounded like an episode of “Mission Impossible”.We caught the fever at our house. We built two...
Sep 21, 2009
I used to call myself lucky. I don’t do that anymore. I call myself blessed. The good and the great things I’ve enjoyed in my life aren’t the result of “luck.” God has smiled on me in wonderful ways, beyond even what I dreamed as a young boy in Nashville, Tenn. To begin...