I like watching the Sherlock Holmes series, because of his incredible powers of deduction. The answer to complex problems can seem so simple once you know the solution. Sherlock would say “it’s elementary” but he was a genius. In one version of the series, the simple-minded Doctor Watson would explain Sherlock’s deduction process by saying […]

This Russian proverb was used by President Ronald Regan when discussing nuclear disarmament talks during the Cold War. Neither side really trusted the other. They needed to verify because it was just too important to leave to trust alone! That’s something like your salvation and living for JESUS, except the consequences of failure are worse

I love stories where everything “turns out right.” Maybe that is from the children’s stories I love that ended in “and they lived happily ever after.” That used to be the norm for stories and movies, but now they have tragic endings. When did misery become entertaining? I see lots of posts on the internet

I saw a picture on the internet that has become all too familiar. Police cars and fire trucks are blocking the highway because of a serious accident. An ambulance shows there are injuries or worse. The caption warns people to avoid the area because emergency responders are working a multi-car accident with injuries and fatalities.

I had an unwelcome intruder last week. No, our home wasn’t broken into, but a thief broke into my life. An unknown person created a fake Facebook account using my name and picture. That was only the beginning. He began the next phase of his plan by asking my Facebook friends to “Like” the fake