This morning, I was surprised to see another “successful” person had taken their own life. Reactions to a recent “celebrity” suicide were still spreading across the news sites. These people seemed to have it all and had reached the pinnacle of fame and fortune but chose to end their lives. With millions dreaming of their […]

I was assigned to Majuro, the Marshall Islands for two years and lived on the edge of a 175 square mile lagoon. I could sit in my living room and watch freighters and huge tuna boats make their way to the port. The other side of the atoll was barely visible on the horizon. With

The world has been watching with horror and amazement as the Kilauea volcano erupts in Hawaii. Though it has been erupting since 1983, with social media, its power has been on full display. Every day we see pictures and video of molten lava spewing into the air or flowing across the tropical landscape to the

As I watched the aftermath of another school shooting, it made me wonder. What if that teenager had been taught to love one another? Would it have made a difference if “Thou shall not kill” was hanging on the wall of his classroom and he was taught the reasons why? Perhaps he would have reacted

     I scanned through our community newspaper and noticed an obituary for an elderly lady.  Since she was part of our community, I read through the notice to see who she was and what she had done.  It was a standard list of where she was born, what school she attended, where she had worked,