It has been said that when the sea is calm, the sun is out and the breeze is light, every boat on the water has a great captain. But when the sea is stormy, the night is dark and the wind is howling, you discover if your captain can truly navigate you safely home. America is in the midst of a ...

I took my wife out to dinner on Valentine’s Eve last Thursday. We figured we’d beat the crowd and do our obligatory Valentine’s dinner a day early. Besides, we were fresh out of leftovers in the fridge and neither of us felt like cooking. By “neither of us” — I mean Diane. And, ...

Last Friday night I was at the Eccles Theater in downtown Salt Lake City. Huey Lewis was inducted into the new People’s Music Hall of Fame. It’s a Utah thing and it’s a pretty big deal. Many of you will remember Huey Lewis and the News as a rock’n’roll band that was especially big in ...

I’ve been reading a book. I’m about two-thirds of the way through it and have been enjoying it. It’s titled “A Walk in the Park” and has the subtitle of “The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon.” (Scribner 2024) It’s a very detailed and engaging story. ...

I was in a church meeting on Sunday. That happens quite regularly. The four sermons in the meeting were all given by females – one teenager and three adult women. All the talks were well prepared and well delivered. They kept my interest. One of the women used a quote from Dr. Wayne Dyer: ...

As a public service, and as a reminder, the next paragraph is the First Amendment to the United States Constitution in its entirety: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the ...

People who know me, know that I think about death semi-occasionally. OK – occasionally. All right – quite often. I mean, it’s a natural thought when one reaches a certain age. And I’ve been at that age for many years. I can’t tell you what that age is exactly. But it may have to do ...

“It’s better if you take the photograph rather than ruminating in your head about if you should or you shouldn’t. If I don’t take the picture, nobody else will.” — Lele Bonizzi Bonizzi, originally from Italy, just graduated from Utah State University. Lele was awarded the honor of ...

I’ll sometimes see a product at the store which has a big, bold message on the box which reads: “New and Improved.” Or, sometimes it might read: “New Formula – Improved Taste” or something like that. If the product was already good, in my opinion, I’m going to be kind of ...

Christmas! As expected, we sang Christmas songs in church last Sunday. Besides singing along with everyone else, I’m now in the choir. I haven’t been in the church choir for many years. I thought I was done with that phase of my life. I wondered how it happened that I find myself singing ...