By the time that many of you read this, the events for the funeral of Queen Elizabeth will be well underway and later today, the official ten days of mourning will be complete. American flags that have been at half-staff…
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This week, we have seen endless news coverage of the death of Queen Elizabeth II and the how the British Empire is mourning her loss. For many of us, including Janet and I, we have never known any Queen other…
It’s been an unusually busy week – the U.S. Open Tennis Tournament, the death of the Queen, the ascension of Charles to the throne and many other noteworthy events. However, as an American, I would be remiss if I didn’t…
I moved down to Indianapolis on Labor Day, 1982. Janet and the kids were still in northwest suburban Chicago and I checked into my Indy hotel room (Room #1231) to begin work the following morning. It was a bittersweet time….
I had been, for all intents and purposes, out of work. Janet and I were living hand to mouth with three kids to feed and I had been waiting to hear about securing a position in Indianapolis. The purpose of…
More than ten years ago, airport security took a major step forward. Lines of passengers passing through the metal detectors to get to their respective gates were exceedingly long. There were some early programs like CLEAR that provided memberships for…
As I reflect on the more than eleven years that I have written Transitions by The Book, I have tried to write about the experiences of our family and how God has been present in our everyday lives throughout the…
I attended seminary for almost ten years when I was in my late forties and, admittedly, I studied theology from a very conservative perspective. There are several pastors and teachers in our extended family and I think all of them…
It was on this date in 1782 that George Washington, who was the commander in chief of the Continental Army, created the “Badge for Military Merit.” This new badge consisted of a purple heart shaped piece of silk, etched with…
So Janet and I have been fighting Covid here for the past two weeks or so. And one of the things that we have noticed is that we feel bad – or we feel good… There is no middle ground….