After working for 16 years with the State Department, I have a basic understanding of why we need and follow diplomatic protocols. We need these rules so our Diplomats can live and work in countries with different intentions, rules, and laws than we in the United States have. In countries that oppose us, these protocols […]

I love to read the stories about Caleb in the Bible because of his faith in GOD and the great things GOD did through him. He must have had great parents, who trained Him up in the way he should go (Prov 22:6) even though they lived in bondage. His faith set him apart from

Our grandson just started attending a college located a few miles from our house. Two of his classes are in the afternoon and evening, with two more classes the following morning. He spends two nights a week at our house, so he doesn’t have to drive home at night, and back the next morning. It’s

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

I like watching Korean historical dramas. I like the tales of human struggle, where most of the time good overcomes evil. Yes, they show people suffering and way too much death, but it’s a dramatization of what may have happened in the distant past. The real people of that time have long since died, so