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  • Can’t We Be Friends?

    Any fans of the TV show “FRIENDS” out there? Millions of us tuned in every week between 1994 and 2004 to watch the antics of Ross, Chandler, Rachel, Phoebe, Monica, Joey and their madcap, interwoven lives.  I was not a… Continue reading

  • Test Time!

    What kind of a test-taker are you? As I look back on my own academic career, I am forced to confess to confess the cold, hard truth: tests were a struggle for me. When it came time to put away… Continue reading

  • What a Friend

    I noticed them during the second hymn that Sunday morning. While everyone else stood and sang along, I saw that Sylvia and Jim were still sitting in their seats at the end of the aisle. Sylvia was bent over at… Continue reading

  • Your Real Name

    As Juliet once famously asked, looking heavenward from her balcony, “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet…” Juliet’s ambivalence on the topic of names is understandable; if her lover Romeo… Continue reading

  • One Funeral Too Many

    Jesus began to weep. (John 11:35, NRSV) Here lately I have been going to entirely too many funerals. OK, I suppose you could say this is just par for the course for people in that “certain” age bracket to which… Continue reading

  • The Ear

    Who do you talk to? Where do you go? How do you get it ALL worked out? It goes without saying: every now and again we each need a listening ear; A non-judging, open, understanding, wise, loving, accepting, no-nonsense ear.… Continue reading

    The Ear