Valentine’s Day precedes Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent by only four days this year. What a contrast in these two days. Valentine’s Day is a day when many couples celebrate their love with cards, flowers and gifts—gifts often in some form of chocolate. (If you eat equal amounts of white chocolate and dark …
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“I’m tired,” my son, Dave, told me. He was driving back from Cincinnati again after another long day. “You’re too young to get tired,” I responded. I’m sure he found about as much comfort in my words as I did when I, at about his age, told my dad I was tired. “Oh well,” Dad …
What to do after the wedding? What happens after writing thank you notes, storing the wedding dress, returning tuxes, making photo selections, and editing the wedding DVD? After the wedding, a marriage happens, that’s what. I usually ask people who want me to perform their wedding why they want to get married. In my 29 …
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“I just want to say that I love Allah.” These aren’t the words of one devotee of Islam peacefully whispering to a fellow follower during a quiet moment of worship. Instead it is a statement made by Amine el Khalifi—formerly Christopher Lee Cornell, an unemployed deejay—to the judge at his sentencing of 30 years in prison after pleading …
Lori and I were putting up groceries while our two year old grandson, Eli, was making himself at home, sitting there cross legged on the kitchen cabinet, chomping on a cookie. He reached for a frozen pizza I had set next to him. “You can’t have that, Eli,” I smiled. “It’s frozen.” At the word, …