Life, much like a ticking clock, continues to move on. Last week the last role model of my formative years passed on into the great beyond. First it was football coach, Toby Shea. Then during the COVID years my college wrestling coach, Dr. Bob Barnett. Then my brother and dad, Dean and Don ...

It is a sad day to read of the passing of Coach Lee Chew. May his family find comfort in the coming weeks and months as their feelings of loss transition to sweet memories of their life together. Far too few times in life do we reflect on, or more importantly convey the significant impact ...

Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman likes his hoodies. He doesn’t seem to have any other piece of clothing in his wardrobe, and he struts around in the “everyman’s” uniform as if he were campaigning to repair the broken cement on your front curb instead of a seat in the U.S. Senate. ...

When it gets to be about this time of year I always think of my days in the classroom. I went to school long before the students. I had things to get ready. I made name tags. I put up bulletin boards. I got my plan book filled in with the activities. When I was teaching kindergarten, I ...

The alarm was set for 4:30 a.m. Or as we night people call it: zero dark thirty. My BFF, Ginger, was having a significant birthday. She flew here for my celebration last fall, so naturally, I was heading to NYC for hers. I hate it when I have to set an alarm for three hours early, because ...

Editor’s note: This is the final article of the mini-series exploring Christian themes seen through kayaking and canoeing. I remember looking over the vast Canadian lake in Haliburton Scout Reserve 15 years ago. One of my Boy Scout masters was teaching our troop the canoeing and ...