Little things that cost us nothing to do often matter more than we ever know — Have you ever had a stranger do something that brightened your day? It might have been a small but thoughtful gesture the other person quickly forgot but you remembered. It doesn’t take much to boost someone’s spirits, to make them smile, to give them something good to pass along, even…

What will happen to wokeness when jobs dominated by progressive liberals are automated? — I don’t know a single blue-collar worker that I would describe as woke. Nor do I know of many blue-collar jobs that are likely to be replaced by artificial intelligence any time soon. I hadn’t thought there could be a connection between those two statements and the future of the…

I went to speak to the school board about sexually explicit books in the library and realized something more important needed to be discussed — Last night I stood in front of at least 150 people and read out loud something that I wouldn’t choose to read even in private. A group of concerned citizens (parents and non-parents) wanted the Seminole County School Board to know about the sexually explicit material available in public school…

Take a lesson from this self-publishing disaster — When I talk about mistakes self-publishers make, I often use actual books as examples, but I don’t identify them. I don’t see any reason to embarrass someone who may have been trying but didn’t know what to do, and I don’t want to promote books that aren’t good. I’m making…

Can people identify the content you send by the file name? — I’ve written about file naming before (see links below), but it’s time to do it again. File naming isn’t sexy. It’s not as intriguing as artificial intelligence. But it’s more important than you might realize. If you send someone a file or invite them to download something from your website…

He agreed to honor the evaluator’s decision — I’m a senior Baby Boomer who is the primary caregiver for a super-senior parent. My father is 95. He lives alone and drives, but only to nearby places. I take him to his medical appointments and help him manage things that he can’t. I refuse to ride with him driving. …

A choice that means the difference between peace and frustration — Recently I gave a talk on embracing change to a group of people facing some drastic transformations in their workplace. One of the points I made was the importance of living in the present. Not long after that, I heard an old 60s song, “Let’s Live for Today” (you can…

How God’s Amazing Grace Transforms the Deepest Pain to Shining Joy — “I see,” said the blind man as he picked up his hammer and saw. My grandmother used to say that when she wanted to let us know she understood something. Even as a youngster, I loved the play on words. It’s an idiom that could apply to Janet Perez Eckles. …

If the Bible doesn’t specifically forbid something, is it okay to do? — When you’re trying to live a life as free from sin as possible, following the Bible is the best place to start. But keep this in mind: An action isn’t a sin because the Bible says it is. The Bible says it’s a sin because it is a sin. We…