Earlier this summer I opened myself up to become a victim of two of the newest types of scams. This is not something that I should have let happens, but they did. …

Photography is a very big passion with me. I want to capture the world as I see it. I want very much for the world to see the purity of what I see. I may be putting together some time a collection of images that lead people off into the…

While growing up Lutheran, I always knew that when congregations needed a new pastor, they issued a call. Teachers in Lutheran schools are issued a call as well as other lay professional church workers. But we all get calls. When Jim Caviezel was being considered to play Jesus in The…

Recently on NPR’s “ All Things Considered” I heard a report on how the Government determines the value of human life. https://www.npr.org/2020/04/23/843310123/how-government-agencies-determine-the-dollar-value-of-human-life This made me think. We are caught up in a crisis; a pandemic of epic proportions and our President and many governors are weighing the numbers to determine…

Today officers of the Everest Metro Police Department held a memorial service in remembrance for Detective Jason Weiland and four others who were shot dead in a killing spree in three south area communities near Wausau, Wisconsin 5 years ago. …

In my life, I try to visualize how the prophet Elijah might have met with God on Mount Horeb. Here in Central Wisconsin, my Mount Horeb is Rib Mountain. …

In listening to All Things Considered this afternoon on my local NPR station, Wisconsin Public Radio, I heard the details on human rights in Hongkong. To take things back a bit to the 1990s, Great Britain opted to sign a treaty with China to give them the territory of Hongkong…

We've all seen it. The supermodel wannabe cultural icon. The guy who does things because “everyone is doing it.” Who is “everyone?” We have all seen and heard the stories of gals letting plastic surgeons disfigure their bodies because they want “the Brazillian But Lift or the super big…

The 1950s, 60s, 70s, 80s, and so on have been a time when acoustic folk music flowed forward. Numerous singers and songwriters were out there and a few made the top 40. Many of them settled for small audiences and minor record labels like Rounder. A few groups and singers…