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This year’s Smart Marriages Conference (www.smartmarriages.com) was in Orlando, Florida at the Shingle Creek Resort. To save on costs, we traded our Marriott timeshares for two weeks in Orlando as the timeshare dates and the conference dates didn’t quite lineup. … Continue reading →

Tonight (7/7/09) I heard Dr. Gary Chapman speak at the first banquet at this year’s Smart Marriages Conference in Orlando. His latest book (until August) is The Five Languages of Apology. When he began the research with the originator of … Continue reading →

I begin my sabbatical in the desert. The Colorado Desert at Palm Desert to be specific. I am definitely not like the desert fathers. I am staying at a Marriott timeshare. Though I miss being home and with Suzie, there … Continue reading →

Learn to savor how good the Lord is; happy are those who take refuge in him. (Psalm 38:4, NAB) We are now in the season of Lent. Many people stop a behavior during Lent as a spiritual discipline. Lent is … Continue reading →

A number of years ago I wrote about our broke health care system. Since then, I continue to be amazed at people making comments about how we live in a country with the best health care in the world. I’m … Continue reading →

We Americans observe an unofficial holiday called Valentine’s Day. It is a day for gift giving to a special someone in your life. This day is named after St. Valentine. But St. Valentine has never been recognized by the Episcopal … Continue reading →

To call today a historic day is already becoming a cliche and on many levels is an understatement. President Obama recalled slavery and the racism it spawned in his inaugural address. People who were part of the Civil Rights movement … Continue reading →

Those "in the know" (mainly divorce lawyers) called last Monday, January 12th as D-Day, as in Divorce Day. It was expected that more requests for divorce would be made on that day than any other day in the year. There … Continue reading →

We now come to a new year, 2009. I wonder how long it will take me to stop writing 2008 on checks. It is a year of uncertainty – much more so than in other years. The economy is in … Continue reading →

Christmas is a time of traditions. Even people who eschew traditional religious practices engage in holiday rituals. In many ways, Advent is a time not so much for the preparation of Jesus’ coming, but of holiday rituals leading up the … Continue reading →