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On a warm Sunday morning, in they came, into the church where I was serving. Both in their early 20’s caring a new born baby. Young, beautiful, vulnerable, untouched by the cruelties of life, smiling at me. No one noticed them... just part of the group coming for...

Periodically, I will buy a lotto ticket. Looking through my wallet this late Tuesday night, I discovered a ticket that I had not checked. So I did and it was a winner! I won big! Yes! I was so surprised... that I woke up… ! Since the beginning of Advent, various...

Many of us have stood at a greeting card rack, trying to pick out that perfect card that says how we are truly feeling for the person that we are buying it for? A phrase or a few words catches our attention and it’s sold. For years, advertisers have used the same...

When I was in high school, a new road was built behind our home. I remember each morning while eating breakfast, watching from the kitchen window the heavy equipment, dump trucks, backhoes, and bulldozers all hard at work. I can remember how amazed I was at these...

How many of us have ever had this experience: you pick up the phone and call a place of business or an agency and you hear right away: “Your call is very important to us... please continue to hold for the next available agent...” And so we wait or hang up in...

Labels, Labels, Labels! After we were born, we were labelled with a little band around our ankle, in my case, I was labelled “Baby Boy Martin,” before I had an official name. We read the labels on our clothes before we wash them, or we put labels on things to know...