So America has a new, old, leader taking the reigns of Presidential authority.   Now what?   Ordinarily, I for one would not shudder to...

My favorite Christmas movie?     It used to be “It’s a Wonderful Life.”    But that was before life in the United States of America...

What follows is my favorite story of Christmas as attributed to Paul Harvey. " Now the man to whom I’m going to introduce you was not a...

But he (Jesus Christ) said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I (the apostle...

Have you ever been or known someone addicted to a particular activity or substance before?     It is rare to find anyone whose life has...

These are words I seldom hear or even read.  They are anything but trendy in our common vocabulary.    I propose we change that trend...

Meritocracy. Aristocracy. These are words I seldom hear or even read in this year of many words, most of which bear political...

Having recently read Anne Applebaum’s newest book, Autocracy, Inc., I have one of those mandates we therapists must legally abide by: a...

After now finishing our 3-week camping trip across Canada ranging from Cache Creek, B.C. to Sault Ste. Marie, ON, I’m ready to sign up...

O Canada.   Doing some travelin up this way.   Have our small RV pretty well loaded down and equipped for the duration.   Still in...

Years ago I took one of those Strengthfinder tests and discovered this about myself.  I was strongest in the  two areas of future...

Imagine you have two parents.   One parent goes about encouraging you to make your own decisions but works at helping you find enough...

I’ve always preferred privacy to publicity. That’s just the way I was made.  An introvert.  Avoid the so-called limelight.   Stay in the...

Maybe you’ve had that problem. Maybe you’ve had an aging parent who should no longer be driving. If so………and, yes, I have suffered...

I am old. Want to know how I know this other than by doing the math? Here’s a little trick some of you may already know about.   Those...

While it is of critical importance for Americans to learn the true story of this day in our history, along with the subsequent Jim Crow...

It may seem presumptuous for a cisgendered straight person like myself to even comment on something like Pride month for the LGBTQIA+...

The other day I was seeing a client to whom I mentioned that it was our (Sue’s and my) 57th wedding anniversary.    To him I may as well...

Two biblical stories of epoch proportion were written for the ages.  One could be viewed as a “problem story.”  The second we could...

There was a time not so very long ago when the word “Cancer” was one we hated to even speak about.   It caused so much suffering and...