If Rob Bell’s thesis on Hell has made the cover of Time Magazine, as it has this week (just in time for Easter), then it is certainly worthy of comment here.             As regular readers know, I am not one who professes to any belief system that includes recognition of a place called Hell.  […]

            It happens every year, of course, although this year it has taken its sweet time getting here.  Still, the arrival of that glorious season (and the lovely weather that accompanies it) known as spring never ceases to rekindle feelings of sanguinity for anyone who is old enough to understand the vagaries of life.              […]

            Fans of sports teams naturally love the players on their teams and dislike those on opposing teams.  It isn’t personal.  It’s just the way human emotion works.  Thus, a specific player can be a hated monster when playing for a dreaded rival and then suddenly become a hometown hero when traded to one’s own […]

            Sacramento is finally showing those of us who live here some real spring-like weather this week.  And it’s about time.              Talk about a long, cold, wet winter, we have definitely had one, with rain totals now well above the average for a full year as April settles in.  Not that we had it any […]