
Did It Hurt To Smile When Somebody Said Happy Holidays?
We are now right in the middle of the holidays of Christmas and New Years. The sparkle and excitement of Christmas is already starting to fade and the uncertainty of a new year awaits us in just a few days. Most schools are on vacation and even some employers have given their employees time off for the holidays. I hope you had a wonderful, Christ-filled Christmas and that you are looking forward to the challenges of a new year! I never use the term, “Happy holidays”. I don’t

Remember Pearl Harbor But Not With Hatred
Today is the anniversary of the day the Imperial Japanese Navy attacked our Pacific fleet in Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941, a day our president said, would “go down in infamy.” Mitsuo Fuchida was the Japanese pilot who led the attack, shouting those famous words, “Tora, Tora, Tora”, which was popularized in a movie by the same name. “Tora” in Japanese meant, tiger, but in this case it was a code word meaning “lightning attack”. When he shouted it, it indicated to his superiors o