According to Merriam-Webster, http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scar, a scar may be defined in several different ways: 1. A mark left (as in the skin) by the healing of injured tissue 2. A mark or indention resulting from damage or wear 3. A lasting moral or emotional injury . Given the number of scar reducing and scar covering products Read More
If ever there was a night to party, tradition dictates that it is New Year’s Eve so here I go, ever being the troublemaker and wondering why? Why does the turning of the calendar, on this one particular day, bring with it so much merry making? Other than the changing of the digits, that follow Read More
By the time this column is published, Christmas 2016, heck even the year itself will be tucked quietly away within the pages of history. But, as I sit at home pounding away on my laptop, the day remains in its infancy. The silence is almost deafening, and I am not merry. The last ten or Read More
What happens when a CIA assassin finds Jesus and decides that what he once thought was right and justifiable is suddenly just so very wrong; meet John Cross former CIA operative turned small country church pastor. Readers struggling with their own demons of repentance, forgiveness, restitution, and reconciliation will likely relate to the uber skilled, but the quite humble, and very likable character of John Cross.
Today, it is a very good thing that newspapers, on-line or print, are items to be read and therefore provide some degree of separation from the audience, unlike say, live television. Why do I feel this way? Well, because at this very moment, I am beyond exhausted, mentally, physically and spiritually. Fatigued literally to the Read More
Football Season; college and professional is an exciting time for fans and players alike. Athletes take it to the gridiron for the chance to prove they are the best. Existing records are broken, new records are set; some dreams are realized while others are squashed. Personally, my loyalties are sometimes divided, especially during bowl and Read More
Oxford dictionary defines crowdfunding as, “the practice of funding a project or venture by raising many small amounts of money from a large number of people, typically via the Internet.” Crowdfunding has been around since the 1700’s, however the modern day version of crowdfunding surfaced in 1997 when the British rock band Marillion funded their Read More
