This week we will be celebrating Independence Day. We will commemorate the founding of our nation. While there are many different thoughts on the state of our nation, it is certain that it was founded upon principles of freedom. What is freedom? You may think of freedom as the ability...

As almost all of you are aware by now, Israel and Iran are at war and our country, the United States, has joined the war on the side of Israel and against Iran. The U.S. Air Force and Navy launched a joint attack late last Saturday on three nuclear facilities...

We tend to exaggerate when we really want something or when we are trying to express extreme feelings. “I love you to the moon and back.” “I’m bored out of my mind.” “I’m starving!” “I’m so hungry I could eat a horse!”  What do you long for? Some of our...

There is a song from my childhood that my parents would sing to my siblings and me from time to time. The words say, “Have patience, have patience, don’t be in such a hurry. When you get impatient, you only start to worry. Remember, remember, that God is patient, too....

What are you thankful for?” It is the standard question that we ask children each Thanksgiving. Tiny hands are traced to represent the shape of a turkey. The pencil marks around each finger make a turkey “feather,” each one complete with the name of an item for which the child...