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Caesar to Caesar, God to God

We are commanded to give to God what we owe him or is required by him. But too often we overlook that God instructs us to also give to Caesar, (The Government) what is owed Caesar. This is found in Scripture.Matt 17:24-27 tells the story of Jesus paying a temple tax for himself and Peter. How ...

The vanishing art of empathy

Joe Biden reminded the world what grace looks like.Robert Trump, President TrumpĢƵ younger brother, died Saturday. In response, Biden tweeted:“Mr. President, Jill and I are sad to learn of your younger brother RobertĢƵ passing. I know the tremendous pain of losing a loved one – and I ...

‘We can overcome’ … together

We all know people who don’t vote. People who say their one vote won’t count for much - a spritz of water in an ocean of votes, a crumb, if you will.And we all know people who say they don’t vote because Democratic and Republican politicians are the same: they’re all crooks, they’re ...

The longer we’re isolated, the less productive we get

Good grief: Apparently, America has yet to move past the anger phase regarding COVID-19.In 1969, you see, Elisabeth Kübler-Ross described five stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance.According to Fast Company, researchers from Singapore, China, Australia and ...

Americans With Disabilities Act has benefited all of us

About 1 in 4 Americans has a disability, and odds are that one day you will be one of them, even if you are now in your teens or 20s and in the full bloom of youth.ThereĢƵ a decent likelihood that one day your hearing will start to fade, your vision will become blurrier, or arthritis will ...

Lessons I learned at the end of the world

If it felt at all safe, I would finish this column and go out for a beer.How incredibly old-fashioned it sounds to talk about going out for a beer.“Honey, I’m going to go out for a beer,” I’d say. “I’ll be back by 10.”My father said that to his wife, and my grandfather said that ...