by Barry Howard | Aug 9, 2002 | Opinion
While we were driving through a popular vacation village, I noticed a sign near the entrance that boasted it to be “One of the Top 100 Retirement Communities in the U.S.” The homes did look attractive and the sign gave the village some distinction, but it...
by Barry Howard | Aug 2, 2002 | Opinion
How do you handle your own pain and suffering? Whether you are experiencing the physical pain of illness, the emotional distress of grief, or the spiritual affliction of persecution, your suffering must be put in perspective or you may become a nagging complainer....
by Barry Howard | Jul 23, 2002 | Opinion
When I took a human anatomy course during my junior year in high school, our class learned to identify the left and right hemispheres, the synapses, the cerebral cortex, and the meninges. Most of the time we were identifying these parts from diagrams and charts in our...
by Barry Howard | Jul 16, 2002 | Opinion
During the summer months, I usually re-read the Psalms and the Proverbs. These collections comprise a part of the biblical literature known as “Wisdom Writings.” In the introduction to the Proverbs, the wisdom writer gives a provocative apologetic for...
by Barry Howard | Jul 11, 2002 | Opinion
“Catch a wave!” I’ve seen this slogan on television commercials, and on signs in beachfront stores and surf shops. It appears on t-shirts, caps, posters and swimwear. Last year, while on a brief visit to Hawaii, this cliche took on a whole new...
