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Becoming Unbroken
“We live in a sick society, Carl…one way or another, all of us are broken.” In recent conversation with a clinical psychotherapist, something I said led him to make this...
Becoming Unbroken
“We live in a sick society, Carl…one way or another, all of us are broken.” In recent conversation with a clinical psychotherapist, something I said led him to make this...
The Mother I Never Knew
A photograph can capture a moment that forever changes the trajectory of one’s legacy. Sitting on the edge of my mother’s bed, in a small apartment in the Michigan town...
The Mother I Never Knew
A photograph can capture a moment that forever changes the trajectory of one’s legacy. Sitting on the edge of my mother’s bed, in a small apartment in the Michigan town...
LENT: Please forgive my mess
A week ago – on Ash Wednesday – my wife accompanied me to a late-afternoon service at our church. (Those of you who know us personally know that she is...
LENT: Please forgive my mess
A week ago – on Ash Wednesday – my wife accompanied me to a late-afternoon service at our church. (Those of you who know us personally know that she is...

Reflections of My Father
How do I ever explain the enigma that was my father…? He taught me many things…a few stayed learned. Among them was to love fiercely, if unwisely; to respect nature...
Reflections of My Father
How do I ever explain the enigma that was my father…? He taught me many things…a few stayed learned. Among them was to love fiercely, if unwisely; to respect nature...

Faith: A House Abandoned...a Lenten reflection
And yet…nothing less than courage, perseverance and tenacious faith will suffice to sustain our hope of salvation. We are those broken-down houses, lacking love and hopes…our faith battered and bruised...
Faith: A House Abandoned...a Lenten reflection
And yet…nothing less than courage, perseverance and tenacious faith will suffice to sustain our hope of salvation. We are those broken-down houses, lacking love and hopes…our faith battered and bruised...
A Strange World
"Truth is stranger than fiction." I say those words often when describing my chosen genre (historic fiction) to would-be buyers of my books at local book signings. While a bit...
A Strange World
"Truth is stranger than fiction." I say those words often when describing my chosen genre (historic fiction) to would-be buyers of my books at local book signings. While a bit...