Author Archives: mltheiss

      In California, state and federal taxes are due in April. Citizens begin to calculate what they owe with varied emotions and attitudes – fear, panic, resentment, etc. Some put off filing until a later date. Others make arrangements to … Continue reading →

I listened to a lady vent her anger over an incident that happen in her son’s elementary school classroom. It wasn’t what happened that caused distress but that she had received different versions from her son and his teacher. She … Continue reading →

Do you remember a few years back the popular bumper sticker that read, “Question Authority”? Today it could be replaced by, “Defy Authority.” I see this mantra played out in homes, demonstrated in schools and staged in our communities. These … Continue reading →

This year we gathered at our son Jim’s in-law’s home for Thanksgiving. After the meal, it is their tradition for each person to share the memorable points of the past year in his or her life and for what each … Continue reading →

In my July 9th post I told you about my belonging to a small group, Women with a Christian World View. Although our meeting time has changed from Tuesday to Thursday morning, we are still meeting every other week. All … Continue reading →

She was a short and stout, forty-something, olive skinned woman – always smiling, incessantly talking – who had attached herself to me. We met in an evening community college class on the detective story genre. When the class was completed, … Continue reading →

“Why is it so easy to see others’ sins and so difficult to see our own?” This is the rhetorical question with which Gayle ended her comment to my post titled ”Grudges”. At least I thought it was rhetorical until … Continue reading →

My husband Len found an error in my time line in my last post. The post should read, ”It was in the Spring of 2011 … Fast forward a year and a half …” When you are waiting for something … Continue reading →

It was in the Spring of 2011 that I sat in on a class given by Bev Liberman at a woman’s church retreat. The teaching was on Christian worldview.** It was like being in a well planned college lecture, with … Continue reading → Continue reading →