Where was God?

Tragedy. It strikes without warning. It strikes even the young. Last week it did both in America at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. One moment children were exactly where they were supposed to be while doing exactly what they were supposed to be doing. In the next moment twenty of them along with several adults were dead. So was the gunman that ended their lives. It does not make sense. The days leading up to Christmas are supposed to be days filled with joy, aren‘t they? Now, a community begins coping with a tremendous loss. A nation begins asking difficult...

The Golden Age

One of the things I like about the region in which I live is that people are friendly. Even strangers will strike up or join in a conversation virtually anywhere or at any time. I was visiting with a friend at a restaurant Sunday evening. We first discussed what had been going on in our lives since we last saw each other. We then spoke about things like the weather and eventually moved into deeper topics including the current state of the world. It was during this phase of the conversation that an older gentleman seated at the next table offered his opinion. After a few minutes of discussion,...