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Gifts and gifts and more gifts. Many (including me) bemoan the commercialization of Christmas. Without making deliberate effort, it is possible to navigate through the entire Christmas season and never hear a word about the Christ child. Instead, we hear about grand gifts like a new automobile or stunning jewelry. We see ads for mind-blowing…

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Last week, I wrote about time, time-management, and noted how that is becoming increasingly difficult for me. For so many of us there is more to do than there is time to do it. We are required to prioritize and allocate time segments to those tasks that are most pressing or most deserving. Demands on…

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Last week I shared the details of one of the most unnerving experiences Alean and I have endured in almost a decade, that glorious moment when my old beater car broke down in the middle lane of the 405 South bypass around Seattle during rush hour. But the bad news turned upward and became good…

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Alean and I were headed to Boston to visit our son and his fiancée, and to attend his graduation from MIT. We decided to get to the airport using my older vehicle since it was our intent to park it at the hotel for a week rather than pay the exorbitant prices for parking at…

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