by Rick | Aug 2, 2018 | Blog, Inspirational, Writing Tips
Words: Fertilizer or Coffin Nails? Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never break me. – Childhood rhyme Did you ever sing that song about sticks-and-stones after someone insulted you? We both know that’s not true, don’t we? Words are...
by Rick | Nov 22, 2013 | Blog
I hate funerals. I’ve conducted hundreds of them while I was a minister at a church and not one person in attendance ever wanted to be there. Our family recently laid our 90-year-old mother to rest and none of us wanted to be there, either. Funerals are awkward and...
by Rick | May 21, 2013 | Blog
Author’s note: This is from a previous post that was well received by readers and, in light of the recent national tragedies in the Boston Marathon and Oklahoma City tornado, I thought it was timely to repost. It is very helpless to watch the collapsing of...
by Rick | Dec 15, 2012 | Blog
Author’s note: This is from a previous post that was well received by readers and, in light of the recent national tragedies in the Boston Marathon and Oklahoma City tornado, I thought it was timely to repost. It is very helpless to watch the collapsing of...
