What makes us psychologically healthy? Abraham Maslow found out in the mid-20th century that even a Ph.D. in psychology did not give him an answer to this question. Why? Since its beginning, psychology had focused on mental illness rather than mental health.
It’s harvest time in the country, with farmers busy in the fields at all hours of the day collecting the annual crops.
I imagine I am a shepherd in Judea at the time of Jesus. My cousin Reuben agrees to watch the sheep, so I can go listen to Jesus speak.
Fall is the time of year when we enjoy the different trees and the range of colors they display as the leaves start to change.
Memories are strange things at times because you never know what triggers recollections from the aging gray matter.
And suddenly summer is over.
Father Altman did not go quietly into the night.
Maisie is a 10-years-old or older, Buff Tiger with White, spayed female.
It’s the time of year when college students across the country pack up their belongings and head to campus.
Carbonara is a 4-month-old+, black with white, neutered male.
By third grade, I believed original sin was real. Adam and Eve had sinned. Their sin was passed on to every human being that followed. We were not born graced. We were taught that we had a “black mark” on our soul.
A regular reader and friend recently asked where I come up with story ideas and if I ever get writer’s block.
Do teachers still require students coming back to school to write about what they did on their summer vacation?
Bit by bit, the smaller homestead farms disappear a little more each year as houses and buildings are torn down or left to decay.
Severe weather goes part and parcel with summer – and this year is no exception.
Leila is a 6-year-old, spayed female, Boxer mix who is current on vaccinations.
Seal is a 3-year-old, black with white, spayed female.
The world is full of division, violence and war. A glance back in history indicates it has always been that way. For many, the future looks the same.
Jellybean is a 1-year-old, black, spayed female.
Freddie is a 11-year-old, black with white, neutered male and is is looking for the pur-fect retirement home!
The initial symptoms of COVID-19 infection with the SARS-CoV-2 virus that originated in Wuhan, China, were high temperature, new continuous cough, fatigue, sore throat, loss of taste and/or smell, shortness of breath, nausea or/and vomiting, and diarrhea. But things are-a-changin’ with the n…
‘God sometimes cures but always heals.”
I recently heard a term used to describe our ability to rediscover family and friends and resume activities we couldn’t do a year ago.
News flash! Your sins and my sins did not cause Jesus to be nailed to the cross. To paraphrase: Jesus did not have to die on the cross for our salvation.
I was driving down a country road the other day when I spotted two structures at the edge of a field – structures that made me stop for a double-take.
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