That is what the man told a negotiator.  He had fired on Police during a peaceful protest, wounding seven and killing five.   Knowing the end is coming, how could he be so foolish?  Because of his own anger and hatred, he threw away the life and chances he had left.  He didn’t […]

It has been a long two weeks for me. My daughter, and her family went to Dublin, Ireland with my wife on vacation. After over 45 years of international travel, I don’t handle those trips like I used to, so I stayed home. As it turned out, I still experienced the stress of the trip

      That was how a witness described the scene at the airport in Istanbul, after the terrorist attack.  The suffering and death were more than they could describe, so they compared it to the worst place they could think of.  I understand what they were trying to say, but they were oh so wrong.

     For the last 15 years I have sent out my annual newsletters to everyone I had thought might be interested, usually accompanied by a picture or two.  I wanted to share our life and testimonies of GOD’s goodness, but it never seemed enough.  I received enough replies to keep sending out the newsletters.

     The details of the Orlando massacre were still coming in when people began to take sides.  News reporters raced to the scene to capture eyewitness accounts of the shooting.  There were chilling tails of the gunman laughing as he fired.  He shot many of the wounded again to make sure they wouldn’t survive.  The