In reading the newspapers this morning, I was drawn to an article detailing a scientific study conducted by the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, California. I subscribe to two daily newspapers and each are delivered in the morning. Both papers covered the story in their front section, so the […]

Sometimes profound things can be hidden in the most trivial of places. Watching the television show Project Runway this past week provided one of those instances. One of the designer contestants uttered the following just prior to sending his fashion designs down for the runway competition: “It’s not hard to believe in […]

Two separate and seemingly unconnected events were my influence for this week’s message. The first came from a delightful movie that my wife and I rented called The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel. It is a comedy about seven English travelers who are financially distressed men and women of retirement age lured […]

There once was a man who had a strange dream in which his hands, feet, mouth, and brain all began to rebel against his stomach. “You good-for-nothing deadbeat!” the hands shouted. “We work all day long, sawing, hammering, lifting and carrying. By nightfall we’re covered with blisters and scratches, our […]