It’s hard to believe that human trafficking is taking place right here in Eastern Ohio.
With a few exceptions, we all seem to feel pretty comfortable in our daily comings and goings. Yet we frequent the same types of businesses that, in an unfamiliar location, might give us the creeps. They ...
This past week we celebrated what would have been Dr. Martin L. King Jr.’s 95th birthday if he would have lived.
Over the past few years, the Dr. Martin L. King, Jr. holiday was normally the third weekend of the month; this year it came early and caught some off guard on the second weekend ...
Last week on vacation, the resort where we stayed had a very hot, hot tub.
Setting foot in the tub my first inclination was to jump out. It felt much hotter than my hot tub at home set at 102 degrees.
Surprisingly, my body adapted to the hot temperature. The tub temperature hadn’t ...
We call them a “homeless person.”
Yet even if defined by only those two words, a homeless person is not just homeless, they are also a person. Many in our community, including the City of Wheeling, seem to have forgotten that. The homeless are not faceless strangers. They are someone’s ...
I had not yet been born when, on April 4, 1968, an assassin’s bullet claimed the life of Martin Luther King Jr. in Memphis, Tennessee.
I did not live through the tumultuous era when people marched, proptested and literally fought for their civil rights. But I am grateful that they did so, ...
This week, we are in Florida for a short vacation.
I had a chance to read “Significance in Simple Moments “written by Jon Petz, a good friend, professional magician and fellow professional speaker who lives in Columbus, Ohio. In it he tells the story early in his career when he was asked ...