Americans have always been ambivalent toward our leaders being wealthy. 

“The children now love luxury; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise.”

“With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love; endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace” (Ephesians 4:2-3).

This week brings the end of a decade and the beginning of a new one. Transitions make for interesting times. 

Here are some predictions and hope for the next 10 years. 

For six years, my horses and I made a living together. 

Riding lessons, birthday parties, school functions, field trips, weddings, movies – we did it all. 

Christmas has come and gone once again.  

For many years now, Christmas has been celebrated on Dec. 25. 

If you learn one thing from more than 50 years of public service, it is that the most intractable problems are often solved with humor. 

What kind of editor would I be if I didn’t pen a list of New Year’s resolutions?

“For we walk by faith, not by sight” (2 Corinthians 5:7).

It can be difficult for a new Christian believer to do what God requires from us: “walk by faith and not by sight.”