Years ago, a popular comedian—probably George Carlin, though I might be mistaken—joked with his audience, “Do you know why adults always ask kids what they want to be when they grow up? It’s because they’re looking for ideas!” That question and answer always got a laugh, but it also made me think. I don’t remember exactly when I first heard it, but after laughing, I realized there’s some truth in that joke. Adults aren’t really asking kids for options; maybe many of us don’t

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A number of years ago a buddy of mine was turning 40. His wife gathered his dearest friends and arranged a night on the town for us to share with her husband.  She contracted a limo to take us around Washington, DC, we went to a great dinner, out for drinks – the whole “sha-bang”. After many stops and probably as many drinks, a couple of the guys thought it would be fun to stop into a lesbian bar. I wasn’t sure why but it seemed to some of the guys to be an expected novelty. 

As the story goes, there was a little girl watching her mother prepare the food on Easter morning. She’d help where she could but watched intently everything her mother did.  When it came time for her mother to prepare the Easter Ham, the little girl noticed that her mother bore down and cut a good-sized portion off the end of the ham.  The mother then placed the ham in a pan and put it in the oven.   The little girl was perplexed by this and so she asked her mother, “Mom, wh

We are in the most tenuous times the recent generations have seen. We KNOW there’s a problem if former grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan thinks the majority of America is now “with him” and is running for US Senate. We don’t need to love everyone – that’s a farce of possibility; it’s be great but really, what are the odds of that ever happening? So what can  we do? Exactly, what can each of us do  to help make America and what it could be and far greater than our forefathers a

Today we celebrate the life of one of the great men the world has known in Martin Luther King, Jr.; A man considered to be a hero among African Americans as well as those supportive of the Civil Rights movement of the 50’s and 60’s. A couple of weeks ago, we celebrated the life and passing of another great man, Nelson Mandela.  Mandela and Dr. King shared many similar views.  These sentiments are needed everywhere: Between men and women, Christian and Muslim, gay and straight

Ever wonder why your goals, benchmarks or resolutions aren’t met?  What if there were a way to discover if you were likely to achieve them? We’re once again at the beginning of another year, a time when people tend to be more introspective.  People think about what they want to accomplish in the upcoming year, they think about what they accomplished this past year, and they think about what they haven’t accomplished – over and over again. As a Personal and Professional Achiev

For those who protect us: Bravery isn’t fearlessness; its moving forward and doing what needs to be done, in spite  of the fear – thank you, and we all wish you safety. For those who give of themselves to better our world: to know you are the real role models. For the leaders of the world: to realize that real  leaders don’t have  to lead, nor are those who must have followers.  A leader  is one who knows where to go and how to get there and wants to bring you along. For the

Medical personnel were in a bustle all around me, the cardiologist in the ER explained to me that I needed an operation that couldn’t be performed at this hospital, to which the ambulance had delivered me, and that I must be transferred to their main hospital in downtown Charlotte, immediately . Amidst this orchestrated chaos of transition, the special transport nurse explained to me that we were going to travel “loud and proud” or some such jargon, meaning lights and sirens

Tom was sitting in the rowboat with 3 of his buddies, they had the afternoon free of classes in the seminary, and they decided a rowboat ride on the Mississippi was just what the doctor ordered.  They had their lunch and their drinks and were prepared for a great afternoon.  They were kidding each other as twenty-somethings will do. It was hot – I mean summer in the deep south kind of hot.  The boys hadn’t anticipated that amount of heat; the aluminum boat and reflections off

So there is a lot of talk about Death and Destruction.  And it got me thinking – what if  these prophecies are correct? The consideration of the ‘End Times’ is so prevalent in our society today that it’s difficult to turn on the TV without seeing a show about these prophecies.  There are nearly as many shows about the people who are preparing for the ‘End Times’, they are known as “Preppers”.  Many consider the ‘End Times’ to have a date – 12/21/12. And to pique interest even

For those of us who have lost a loved one right before the holidays, this time of year is not the happy and jolly time that commercials describe.  To this day, I, like many of you really don’t have any desire to decorate anything .  The difficulty is that the world doesn’t stop revolving for any of us because of our loss.  The carols ring, the lights illuminate, and the Santas are jolly. As I write this blog, we’re one week away from Christmas.  I consider what this means to