“Heroes get remembered, but legends never die. Follow your heart, kid, and you’ll never go wrong.” —From the film, “The Sandlot” (1993) A great American legend, and one of my heroes, was buried last week. But “Stan the Man” Musial was more than a hero; he was and remains a legend. And legends live on, …
The Internet, that daily source of information upon which so many of us depend for so much—from the daily news to updates on friends and their status—can not only be an avenue offering help for today and even hope for tomorrow, but also unfortunately, an escort to our demise, bouncing us along the boulevard of …
“I’m gonna write a book,” my friend, Glen Sandusky announced to me when I saw him Sunday morning in the church office. Glen was grinning from ear to ear, a sure signal he was up to something. “What are you going to write about?” I played along. “I’m gonna write about how my preacher kept …
“You don’t seem like a preacher, at least not a typical one. You’re ‘the real deal.’” The comment, coming from an inmate in jail, I took as a compliment, although I frequently ask myself if I’m really real. His comment was followed by a question: “How did you ever get to be a preacher in …
I never thought much about Santa smoking a pipe in Clement Moore’s 1823 poem, “Twas the Night Before Christmas,” but now that a new edition of the poem has taken his pipe away, I think I miss it. Would somebody please give Santa his pipe back? I don’t want him rummaging through my cabinets, frantically …