Don’t Get Caught Playing the Fool

On April 1, 1983, the Associated Press reported that the mystery of the origin of April Fool’s Day had been solved.  The article was based on an interview an AP reporter had with Boston University professor Joseph Boskin. Boskin shared that April Fool’s’ Day began in...

What Would You Like to Be Written on Your Tombstone?

What would you like to be written on your tombstone once you’re gone?  Perhaps you’d like to take a humorous route.  Some of the best humor around can be found in graveyards: “I was somebody. Who, is no business of yours”. – Anonymous, Stowe, VT “Here lies Lester...

Everybody Has a Story

Of all the businesses in the world, I admire Chick-fil-A the most.  I love their food, their innovation (e.g. how they revolutionized fast food drive-thru during Covid), and the cleanliness of their restaurants.  I admire their values and how they serve the...

Gratitude…Medicine for What Ails You

Thanksgiving Day is on its way, grasping for air as it sits between an ever growing Halloween Day and the usual crunch of Christmas.  As a nation, we need a strong Thanksgiving Day.  We need it because to remind each of us of the powerful, positive impact that an...

Are You Asking the Right Questions?

In his daily devotional book entitled Everyday Gospel, author Paul David Tripp  writes the following, “The questions you ask and the answers you accept influence the content, character, and direction of your life. Insightful, wise people are not those who have the...