We Thank Thee

By: Ralph Waldo Emerson For flowers that bloom about our feet, Father, we thank Thee. For tender grass so fresh, so sweet, Father, we thank Thee. For the song of bird and hum of bee, For all things fair we hear or see, Father in heaven, we thank Thee. For blue of...

The Integrity of a Mentor

After two spectacular seasons at the University of North Carolina, Michael Jordan decided to go pro.  He chose to forgo his senior year and his  degree to enter the NBA draft.  It all came down to an economic decision. He was a certain multi-millionaire in waiting....

A Wonderful Life With Great People

This is a most unusual Christmas — shorts and rain coats versus wool pants and snow shoes.  In Connecticut!  But regardless of the weather, or the politically charged reasons for this weird, unseasonably warm Christmas holiday in places normally covered by snow, there...