You Need an Older, Bolder Friend

You Need an Older, Bolder Friend

by | Nov 26, 2023

There are advantages to being a senior.  Restaurant discounts,  a closer parking spot;  no asks me to help put the sofa on the truck when a couple is moving.  And an older person has a wealth of experience that can benefit younger people.  I was looking at an article...
Caught

Caught

by | Nov 19, 2023

Two couples recently resigned from the Missions Team at our church. They have been pillars in the missions effort here.  The young pastor (40 or so), and his associate (55 about years-of-age) had to be feeling the pressure of still achieving as much, of...
What’s in a Name

What’s in a Name

by | Nov 12, 2023

What’s in a name?  A great deal! When high school boys were to take a basic class in cooking and homemaking, the name “Home Economics” was a turn off.  For two years boys attended only grudgingly. It was not working.  The school board needed a new approach....
The Gold Standard for Kindness and Its Cost

The Gold Standard for Kindness and Its Cost

by | Nov 5, 2023

We had hustled to get to the train station in Kiev. It was about 9:30 P.M. Rick, our missionary host, was a professor at Kyiv Theological  Seminary.  He had gotten all seven of us Americans aboard and stepped off the train to wave good-bye. We were going to...