To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here It appears that something monumental happened in 2023. Demographers will need to crunch a lot of numbers over the next few years just to be sure. For now, there are compelling reasons to believe that two years ago, for presumably the first time in history, the global fertility rate slumped below… Read more »
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here More than anything, the young Winston Churchill yearned for the affection and approval of his father. But Sir Randolph Churchill, a rising star in Britain’s Conservative Party at the turn of the last century, appears to have been ill-equipped to be a supportive dad. He rarely even spoke to his gifted but sensitive… Read more »
To listen to this reflection as a podcast, click here. For a number of men, Father’s Day can be tough. A middle-aged man recently wrote, “I hate Father’s Day. It takes me hours to find a card. All the cards have sentiments that don’t fit – ‘Dad, you’re a pal,’ or ‘I’ve always been able to count on you,’ or ‘You taught me… Read more »
“Frankly, this song scares me to death.” That’s what the late folk rocker Harry Chapin said about Cat’s in the Cradle (1974), his only song that ever went to No. 1 on the charts. The song tells a multi-generational story of a father who is too busy to spend time with his son, only to discover later in life that… Read more »
Years ago our family lived on a street in which adjoining houses sat on properties that were roughly equal in size. This created a substantial temptation for the males on that street. OK, it created a potential issue for me. It turns out that it was possible for neighbors to race each other while mowing the grass. I mean, why… Read more »
