The words of the Teacher, son of David, king in Jerusalem: “Meaningless! Meaningless!” says the Teacher. “Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless.” What do people gain from all their labors at which they toil under the sun? (Ecclesiastes 1: 1-3) I loved the television series Little House on the Prairie. One episode shows little Laura panning…
Recently, I was at Washington Reagan Airport getting ready to return to Dallas when I heard loud boos mixed with loud cheers. They were coming from the other side of the gate area. At first, I thought it was just a rowdy group of travelers, but then I spotted Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the U.S….
Choose a good reputation over great riches; being held in high esteem is better than silver or gold (Proverbs 22:1 NLT). Warren Buffet once said, “It takes twenty years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that seriously, you’ll do things differently.” In this day and age of…
Yassou! Kalimera! Kanèla! Those were my first three words I learned my first day in Greece. Yassou is one of many ways to greet a person—similar to hello, hola, or aloha. Kalimera is my favorite word and means “good day or good morning!” And kanèla is an important word at the coffee bar because Greek…
Praise the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in his mighty heavens. Praise him for his acts of power; praise him for his surpassing greatness…Let everything that has breath praise the LORD. Praise the LORD (Psalm 150:1-6 NIV) I’m not sure if it’s because I’m getting older or because I’ve been walking with…