I saw an article recently about the longest-married couple in America. John Betar and his neighbor, Annie, eloped 83 years ago. Their advice for a lasting marriage is “Live day to day within your means. Be content with what you have. Don’t spend more than you have. Respect each other.” People often ask how many …
We all lose friends, even when we’re young. One childhood friend of mine died at nineteen in a motorcycle accident, another of a drug overdose. In the last few months, I’ve lost another close friend from high school days to cancer. We are all constantly reminded of our mortality. Another friend passed not long ago, …
When caring citizens and law enforcement work together, we can make inroads toward stopping human trafficking. Such is the case when Nita Belles of In Our Backyard organized volunteers and worked with law enforcement and task forces to fight sex trafficking centered around Super Bowl 50. Core team members and over 150 volunteers spent thousands …
I have in my hands an “album” with pictures of missing children (ages 14-17) that is being given to convenience stores and other businesses in the neighborhoods of San Francisco, San Jose and Santa Clara. These business managers will also be offered posters of other children recently reported as missing. The appalling fact is 450,000 …
Possibilities List for 2016 After the excitement and joy of Christmas, I begin to ponder the coming year – and my possibilities list. A wise friend once told me “resolutions” has a legalistic sound to it, a “must do” that puts stress on one to achieve everything put down on paper. Anything less than perfection …
Rick and I attended a beautiful memorial service for his cousin this week-end. My brother and sister-in-law also attended, the wife being a close friend of my sister-in-law, Rick’s cousin a good friend of my brother. Dave and his wife met at my brother’s wedding, and we all grew up together in the same small …
Rick has just lost a special cousin to cancer. We were able to visit him twice, and hoped to see him again. We also wanted to know if he believed in Jesus and knew where he was going. His face lit up when we asked, and he said, “Oh, yes, I believe in Jesus.” We …
“God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.”
Another year of drought has brought noticeable changes in our area. The reservoirs are drying up. Fires are raging. Wildlife suffers. Without strength-restoring water, the flowering plum trees are dying because they no longer have the immunity to fight off the beetles. Many roadside redwoods are brown skeletons. Lawns are dead because “brown is the …
“Teach your children to choose the right path, and when they are older, they will remain upon it.”