I never tire of this tale originally shared in this venue in 2011. It seems so appropriate for the Easter season. We’ll be celebrating Easter at the beach next week. As such, there will be no Weekend Inspiration until April 9th. Blessed Easter wishes to you all. It has been […]

Virtue [vur-choo] – noun Moral excellence; goodness; righteousness. Conformity of one’s life and conduct to moral and ethical principles; uprightness; rectitude. Around 1730, while in his late 20s, American publisher and future statesman Benjamin Franklin listed thirteen virtues that he felt were important guides for living. Along with each virtue […]

We’re all familiar with the adage that the more things change, the more they remain the same. This week, I was looking  back of some my posts from past years and I came across one from a decade ago. To me, it speaks quite pertinently to the our society’s current […]

In the Unites States Declaration of Independence there is a passage that is considered by many as one of the most well-crafted and influential sentences in the history of the English language: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by […]