Timely traditions mark Father’s Day
Father’s Day is just around the corner. It is a time that does not quite get the same press as Mother’s Day, but it...
Evaluating your wants & behaviors
In my last two columns, we’ve been applying a Reality Therapy model (WDEP), developed by Robert Wubbolding, to choices we make in life, asking,...
Is there unclaimed treasure for you?
Researching your family tree can be a fun and rewarding hobby. For one Minnesota man, it was a life-changing experience. Marty Johnson knew he...
What are you doing to get what you want?
Last week, in applying Robert Wubbolding’s Reality Therapy counseling model to ourselves, to help us make good decisions in various life situations, we began...
Sacrifices, memorials and their comfort
Memorial Day MusingsWhen you think of Memorial Day Weekend, what comes to mind? No doubt the true meaning of the holiday is (should be?)...
What do you, and God, want you to want?
Reality therapy — not to be confused with reality orientation, a therapeutic technique used with people who have dementia — has had significance in...
Eyes on the savior, not the storm
One of the fallacies, I believe, of modern thinking is that if one does everything they are supposed to do, then everything will turn...
Bundle up, your winter may be near
I retired last year from Dove Church. My serving the church is all volunteer now. I teasingly tell people, “They used to pay me...
This world is not my hone
Oftentimes, when I am alone in the car or on my golf cart, I will find myself humming (or singing!) some tune that just...
Church Briefs: Free community dinner at Blan’s Grace UMC
Free dinner at Blan’s Grace UMCGrace United Methodist Church in Blanchester will host a free dinner for the community 4:30-6 p.m. Thursday, May 26...
