Dear Friends: We two have paddled in the stream, from morning sun till dine; But seas between us broad have roared since auld lang syne. — Robert Burns, 1788 A lot of us will make resolutions this New Year’s weekend. Behavioral scientists who study these things say that 85% of those resolutions will not lead […]
Kent Hansen
A Word of Grace – December 19, 2011
Dear Friends: This is how Jesus the Messiah was born. His mother, Mary, was engaged to be married to Joseph. But before the marriage took place, while she was still a virgin, she became pregnant through the power of the Holy Spirit. Joseph, her fiancé, was a good man and did not want to disgrace […]
A Word of Grace – December 13, 2011
Dear Friends: The decorations for the Christmas breakfast for clients and colleagues were wonderful. Patricia carefully planned the centerpieces with angels and holly illumined by white tapered candles. On the top of the piano she arranged a miniature forest of red and green wooden trees interspersed with small candles in star-shaped holders. On the morning […]
A Word of Grace – December 5, 2011
Dear Friends: The chill betrayed the bright sunshine when hurricane-strength Santa Ana winds blew on the last day of November. High on the roof of the School of Dentistry building, a hungry red-tailed hawk perched, hunched down against the gusts and waited for lunch. I have often heard that hawk’s distinctive “kree-eee-ar” cry and have […]
A Word of Grace – November 28, 2011
Dear Friends: Reading through Ecclesiastes is like rummaging through the attic of an old home. You never know what treasures might be there. There is a lot of stuff worth pondering in chapter 7 alone like this observation of Solomon — In my vain life I have seen everything; there are righteous people who perish […]