When Is It Too Late to Make a Comeback?
If you’re still breathing, there’s probably still time “Would you like to open a music store again?” I asked the (mostly) rhetorical question of the Lovely Lady the other day as we drove past the building where we had operated such a store for many years. I didn’t...
It’s Not Fair!
Isn’t life supposed to be fair? “Life is never fair, and perhaps it is a good thing for most of us that it is not.” — -Oscar Wilde As a middle school English teacher, I try to make my writing assignments interesting for my students. My thought is, if they are...
True Freedom Requires Responsibility
To enjoy freedom, we have to control ourselves. — Virginia Wollf There are so many stories I could tell about the things I observed and heard within the walls of my classroom over the last three decades. The first half of my career, I taught high schoolers...
How To Get Into Heaven Without Being A Church-Going-Christian
For a long time, it has been standard that if you are a Christian you attend church and that lack of attendance your revokes your Christianity and puts your salvation in question. However, your salvation does not require that you be a Christian and the...