O-L-I [Outside Looking In]

I'm no ultimate authority on anything.  But the Bible is.  I believe it's the ultimate authority on everything.  So maybe you don...

For some basics on dementia in general, click here .     If you have a dementia patient in your family, there may come a time when you w...

On this Thanksgiving week, I am thankful for: 1.  God the Father 2.  God the Son 3.  God the Holy Spirit 4.  Christ's death, burial...

Iva Roxburgh would not approve of this essay. She died last week at the age of 101.  If you've never lived in Arlington, Texas, you...

What do you let shine? Often, I let my fear shine.  Or my jealousy, or my cynicism.  But God wants His followers to let His holy light sh...

Have you already planned your funeral? Not that I know some big secret about how much time you still have left here on Earth.  I'm no...

What happens to us when we die? Is that it?  Finito?  Kaput?  When we die, does life cease?  As my brother used to joke, "Thank you ...

Wyman Black in Sedgwick, Maine, summer of 1959 On this date in 1959, my only uncle died. I never met him, since I wasn't born u...

Back in the 1970's, my aunt enrolled in a Brooklyn driving school. A New York City native, and living fairly close to a subway stop, ...

Have you heard about it yet? It's the new non-fiction book by J.D. Vance about why poor white people seem disproportionately enamored...