Perhaps one of the first big pushes in the United States to give to charity began on Labor Day, 1966.  Jerry Lewis hosted a telethon promoting the Muscular Dystrophy Association, raising awareness of the disease as well as funds to help do research and treat it.  For 49 years, the telethon helped to raise over… Read More »

On February 8, 1960, work began on the famous Hollywood Walk of Fame.  “E.M. Stuart, volunteer president of the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, proposed building the Walk as a means to “maintain the glory of a community whose name means glamour and excitement in the four corners of the world.”1 As the walk was developed,… Read More »

Today is the celebration of two National Calendar Days that are complementary to one another.  First, this is National Shut-In Visitation Day.  Secondly, this is National Make a Friend Day.  Let’s combine this into National Make a Friend Out of a Shut-in Day.  And go VISIT them! Shut-ins are typically in that condition due to… Read More »

Yesterday was a strange National Day Calendar Celebration that kind of fits in with the devotional from Friday, February 7th.  Yesterday was National Cut The Cord Day.  What cord are we cutting, you ask?  This is a day to encourage people to cut the cable television cord. For any who has had cable or satellite… Read More »

Let me take you back to yesterday’s devotional and in real time (1/18/25), take you back to Mission Barbecue restaurant.  Yesterday’s devotional was a positive experience.  Let me share something that, at the same restaurant and same day, kind of twisted me up a bit. I remind you that there is much to see in… Read More »

Today (1/18/25), we were sitting in a booth at Mission Barbecue in Ft. Wayne.  Before I get into the devotional thought, let me make an unsolicited, unpaid endorsement of this place.  The food is amazing!  If you like smoked meat and barbecue, this is the place to go! If you’ve never been here, you need… Read More »

Generations identify with shared experiences.  This causes them to have specific names.  For instance, the oldest generations are The Lost Generation (1883-1901) and The Greatest Generation (1901-1927).   The Lost Generation is truly lost.  If living, the youngest of that age bracket would be 124.  And there are less than 66,000 (1%) still living from The… Read More »

Here are some quotes to start your day. “The essence of optimism is that it takes no account of the present, but it is a source of inspiration, of vitality and hope where others have resigned; it enables a man to hold his head high, to claim the future for himself and not to abandon… Read More »

 Yesterday, we ended by looking at the Pharisees and their penchant for adding burdens on the Jewish people.  They had such a strangulating grip on the throats of the Jews, acting as God’s authority in this world, and telling them things were “illegal” when they really weren’t. The same thing happens in the common world… Read More »

“TV shows and urban legends can give us the wrong ideas about what’s legal and what isn’t,” says The Wealthy Boomer.  “Sometimes they can make you think that completely normal things are illegal.”1  The article goes on to list 25 things people think are illegal.  Many will try to be sneaky, hoping they won’t get… Read More »