With my arm draped around my almost five-year-old grandson, I draw him close as he munches on his cheese burger. We’re nestled in a booth at his favorite fast food restaurant. Then, his question: “PopPop, you won’t let any mean man get me, will you?” I know why he asks. Not long ago, we had …
One of the deacons in my church prefaced his offertory prayer this past Sunday with a pray of another kind, not one having to do with the offering itself but nonetheless a most appropriate prayer for the hour in which we Americans find ourselves once again. After mentioning the recent bad news about one person …
“Do you know the code to get out?” she asked me. “Indeed, I do,” I told her. “Good, I’ll walk out with you.” Like me, she had been visiting someone in the long-term care facility. “Do you have a friend or relative here?” I asked as we stepped down the stairs. “An old friend,” she …