Reasons to seek prosperity At any given moment, it may help me to have an actual reason to seek prosperity.  As my moods and POV change...

This article by Nick Morrison originally appeared in Forbes on 11/30/16, but for some reason is almost impossible to access now.  I...

(A message I sent family on 26 April 2006.) Disease, or sin? To the best of my knowledge, the “disease theory of alcoholism” began with...

But for the racial aspect, the Trayvon Martin case would not be noticed. I admit being less concerned about him than about the dozens of...

Transcribed from my diary for Sunday 2017-03-12, for now I am intentionally leaving this unfinished. Rough day at BK.  I may not have the...

(Originally posted 11/23/13 .) Steve Hartman’s “On the Road” segment for the CBS Evening News , 11/01/13: Kan. prisoners get the granny...

Continued from yesterday’s post, Part 1 . Justice and feedback Ever since grade school, I’ve been fervently interested in prison reform. ...

Edgar Cayce’s dream tells me more about the material world than the spiritual world. About nine years ago, one of my brothers announced...

For years, I’ve had a special sensitivity to reports of child abuse. This one may give you nightmares for the rest of your life. ...

Friday, October 14 At the homeless shelter where I stay, bunks are supposed to be assigned daily strictly on a first-come, first-served...

(Originally posted 10/08/13.) Matthew 25: 14 “For it is as if a man, going on a journey, summoned his slaves and entrusted his property...

Many people are skeptical about prayer. How many have prayed fervently, day and night, for an ailing loved one, and never obtained the...

Luke 18: ¹Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray always and not to lose heart. 2He said, “In a certain city there was a...

(Originally posted 10/04/13.  See update, below. Reblogged 12/12/24.) Yesterday I researched expungement in Maryland. My conviction was...

(Originally posted 10/01/13. Reblogged 11/28/24.) Video: Amazing Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church in East Baltimore Link to it early...

(Originally posted 07/08/15 .  Reblogged 10/10/24.) Stress in low-income families can affect children’s learning I am very excited about...

(Originally posted 08/06/14 . Reblogged 08/15/24.) Some weeks ago, I stood in line awaiting check-in at the shelter. This place charges...

(Originally posted 10/05/13. Reblogged 07/25/24.) The Marshmallow Study Revisited For the past four decades, the “marshmallow test” has...

The whole hullaballoo about #microaggressions assumes that one can never heal from even the slightest insult. The same applies, frankly,...

I’m posting very little new material these days, but there are hundreds of posts different folks may not have seen the first time...