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God Is Not a Plumber – Talking to Kids About Death

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The topic of death and grieving have been covered several times on this blog, because those are realities that all of us will face during this life. I’m thrilled to share with you this guest post from a writing friend of mine, Michelle Johnson. As a blogger Michelle has a keen interest and ability in [...]

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Helping Kids Understand Money

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I typically write about issues that families face on a daily basis. One area that I haven’t touched on in a while is kids and money. “Below is a guest post from Joy Mali who writes about financial management tips – specifically, she advocates that college-age students and young adults check credit report and credit scores regularly before applying for student [...]

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7 Questions With an Author: Bob Burg

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This post marks another installment of my “7 Questions With an Author…” series, where I ask published authors an unchanging set of questions and share their responses here. Today’s featured author is Bob Burg. Bob is a successful author and highly-sought speaker who shares information on topics vital to the success of today’s businessperson. He speaks for [...]

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Women Speak More Goodly Than Guys

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The headline of this blog post shouldn’t come as much of a surprise to anyone, in fact the best communicators I’ve known in my professional and personal live have all been the fairer sex – just ask my wife. In fact, the past 14 or so years that I’ve been in corporate communications all of [...]

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Avoiding Cyber-Monday Scams

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I don’t know about you, but I’m an unrepentant self-admitted Cyber-Monday shopper. I simply prefer the convenience of shopping online for the holidays compared to the crowds and hassles associated with Black Friday which I try to avoid like the Black Plague. However, online shopping does have its own pitfalls – identity theft, computer hacking [...]

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Black Friday Blues

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Periodically, I create these mini-videos that look at funny issues a married couple experience. This one (episode #11) deals with the annual ritual of spending money on the busiest shopping day of the year – Black Friday. The links to other episodes I’ve made about moments in married life follow the video below.   Question: [...]

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A Classic Thanksgiving Prayer…

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Sharing this has become a bit of a holiday tradition on The Daily ReTORt. One of the great cartoon theologians of our time shares some poignant thoughts on this Thanksgiving…. Happy Thanksgiving!!!

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Thanksgiving Thoughts With Cleverbot

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These conversations with Cleverbot  are some of my most popular posts. This is re-post from last Thanksgiving. Several months ago I discovered Cleverbot, which is a web-based Artificial Intelligence (AI) application that supposedly has the ability to learn by conversing with humans via an instant messaging platform. While it’s a stretch to say that Cleverbot is [...]

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Fighting the Good Fight – Against Myself

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Boxing Glove Cake - Not the "Fight" I Need to Make

I recently shared about a sobering emergency room visit involving a cardiac issue I had. As a result of that visit, I’ve made some lifestyle changes  regarding how I eat and how I exercise to ensure healthier outcomes going forward. I’ve been on WeightWatchers for three weeks now and went to weigh-in this morning. As [...]

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When Do You Stop Cutting the Crust?

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Our oldest daughter is now 11 years old, which seems hard to belief, and is in the sixth grade. Her school bus arrives at 7:30 a.m.  each day – much earlier than the elementary kids’ bus she used to ride at 8:50 a.m. So every morning she and I are up around the same time [...]

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