Do you remember how engaged and fascinated you were as a child when someone read or told you a bedtime story, or while listening to your teacher narrate a parable in school? Just as sitting around a campfire listening to stories can transport an individual to a different world with imagination, education, emotion or a […]

How to Run a Good Company UPDATED October 11, 2016 This insight is from the point of view of a customer. And you probably have your own point of view. Leave a note with that. Sometimes you can look around and really wonder what is keeping a particular company glued together? And you might wonder […]

I was off to the airport on another trip. I started out early, arrived at the airport on time, but when I arrived the plane had canceled and I had to apply for another plane. The next plane headed for my destination was about two hours away. This would, in fact, make me miss my […]

One day this past week, I got up a little earlier than usual and to keep from waking up the Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage I got my coffee and went to the back porch to enjoy a quiet early morning. As I sat on the back porch drinking my coffee and taking in the […]

When I think back to the past (for examples), and when I look to the present, there are some constants, some things that are the same in different situations, over different periods of time. So how does one evaluate the genuineness of a friendship or of any relationship over time? What are the things that […]

There are amazing scenes depicted in rock art on all the inhabited continents and the question is what do they mean? Mostly they involve animals and then the big fauna of the region but all of them, without exception, contain something that is a bigger mystery due to the quality and quantity of their presence. […]

When one thinks of sign language, he or she may think it is a language utilized only by the deaf or hard of hearing. Previously, parents had to wait until their child’s vocal chords developed in order to understand their needs and wants. Sign language enables children to communicate at a much earlier stage of […]

Our country is divided and there are people who just cannot accept “What is.” Many people go through, upon hearing bad news (to them) which, in their interpretation, is an attack on their beliefs. They have to go through a process before they can accept and of course, there will always be groups of people […]

As big as my ears are, you would think I would be able to hear everything I am listening to. I like to think I am hearing what I am listening to but I have so many illustrations that prove otherwise. I’m not sure what it is, but I am working on it with the […]

I have discovered over the years several types of minds. The “open mind” which catches everything except the truth. The “analytical mind” which organizes everything to the point of sterility. The “closed mind” which you can bounce ideas and they never stick. For every man, there is the “woman’s mind.” Every husband knows if he […]