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Life is Good

By Livingston Taylor

June 1, 2026

by Livingston Taylor Editor’s Note: I had coffee this week with a fellow searcher, Marianne Gaydos, and she reminded me of this upbeat, and very true song. It came up...

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Are You an Investor or a Sucker?

By Tim McCarthy

June 1, 2026

PT Barnum famously said, “there is a sucker born every minute”. If he were still around, he would love the new investment “products” that have become multi-billion-dollar business categories since...

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Truly Funny | Kid Tough

By Tim McCarthy

June 1, 2026

Truly Funny : We no longer wonder who our daughter’s 15-month-old girl, Isla Maeve, will be like when she grows up. Recently she was sitting on the grass at the...

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Truly Funny | Cat Tales

By Tim McCarthy

May 4, 2026

My Uncle John was a prominent physician in Lakewood, Ohio, practicing from the 1930s through the 1970s. His wife Ruth was a sociable woman who loved entertaining. One afternoon, she...

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Is There a Message in Your Struggle?

By Tim McCarthy

April 7, 2026

Every Sunday morning I settle in with a cup of coffee and read Dr. Mardy Groethe — a writer who has a gift for finding the quote that names what...

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Where There is No Struggle

By Dr Mardy Groethe

April 6, 2026

“Where there is no struggle, there is no strength. But when the struggle becomes overwhelming, strength also means knowing when to get help.”

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The Things I Wish I'd Done

By Keywest

April 6, 2026

Editor’s note: This song, sent to me by my new son-in-law, Michael, will become an all-time favorite for me. The band itself is a great story, two childhood friends...

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Glad You Came

By Dalton Day

March 5, 2026

Editor’s note: At our daughter’s wedding, Kevin, our Musician, and his girlfriend Jessica sang “Glad You Came,” and it stopped us in our tracks. Its humble, wholehearted promise of loving...

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To Be Present

By Jennifer Schramm

March 5, 2026

After failed attempts to control them [horses] led to frustration and anxiety, Jennifer realized the horses were mirroring her feelings. She did not need to change the horse’s behavior. She...

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The Cost of Discipleship

By Dietrich Bonhoeffer

March 2, 2026

The Christian theology of this book is important to me but for those of any faith, its deeper message is: “Faith and action are inseparable, especially when faced with injustice”....

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Truly Funny | Sports Talk

By Tim McCarthy

March 2, 2026

Heard on a sports talk show recently when the host was asked why he doesn’t talk about soccer more often. “Look, if I wanted to watch a bunch of guys...

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Who Is Teaching Whom?

By Tim McCarthy

March 2, 2026

Among many Crosby, Stills and Nash favorites is "Teach Your Children." The first verse tells us, the parents, that we "must have a code that we can live by." The...

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Slip Slidin' Away

By Paul Simon

February 9, 2026

Editor’s note: This is song matches my mood lately as I ponder my parents’ greatest gift to me – my siblings. Six of their ten children remain and we are...

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