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My Summer Work During College During my first two summers back home from the University of Texas in my racially divided home town, I worked as part of a five man Lake Tyler crew taking care of developed properties.  We did everything from yard work to housework,...

Our Grandchildren My wife and I are blessed with five grand kids.  Two are African American, and three are Caucasian.  When our oldest, Luke (white), first saw his cousin, Chuck (black), he looked down his shirt and innocently asked: "Is he that color all...

Whatever we do day-to-day, from a busy career to full-time parenting to retirement, our lives are multi-faceted and often quite busy.  The pace is so fast that we find ourselves multi-tasking instead of focusing on the one thing or person at hand.  Even with...

There are different ways to conceptualize Jesus as a Rabbi in time and the intimate connection between his religion, Judaism, and Christianity.  God, Jesus, and truth are multifaceted and too enormously important to stuff into one box of singular meaning. ...

"For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven."  Many are familiar with this wise observation from the "Teacher" at the beginning of Ecclesiastes 3.  The Byrds' rendition of Pete Seeger's composition "Turn, Turn, Turn"...