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As I sit on my backyard deck listening to a songbird sing his concert for only me, or so I thought, I am left wondering about so many miracles we do not get to see at first glance from Mother Nature’s...

Last Saturday, I stood in a line for an estate sale. My curious mind wondered about the owner of the house, a recently deceased man who had lived there for 43 years, the last few without his wife and ...

Somebody once said that if you didn’t break a single bone or get a bad cut somewhere on your body when you were a kid, you didn’t play hard enough. My buddies and I emptied our mothers’ Band-Aid boxes...

There are unexpected times and events in our lives that help mold our values and our character. Here’s one that has had a significant impact upon me. It was a Monday in 1972. I’m 21 and I awakened at...

In the mid-1960s, he played basketball for Rutgers University, where I would get my degree six years later. He worked his way through the college coaching ranks until he landed a high-profile job at N...

There is a place in heaven where they come together. Soldiers from different wars, young men just seem to find each other there. Time stood still in their final moments when they had surrendered their...

The year is 2195. Mrs. Jones escorted her ninth-grade class into the American Human History Museum where a guide greeted them. “Students, today we’re going to go back in time to the 20th century. I wi...

He ruled the Roman Empire from 161 to 180. History books describe him as the last of the “Five Good Emperors” when Rome lived in relative peace and stability. Marcus Aurelius was more than a leader of...

Refrigerators can tell stories about character. Inside, the selection of food defines nutritious lifestyles, but you can find the love of family through photographs taped to the outside with a child’s...

In the park, a Little League game is being played by 11-year-olds. They delight in the moment of friendly competition under the afternoon summer sun. Beyond the outfield fence, an old man, fully aware...