Happy New Year (2026)! When I was growing up, I had a shirt that I wore all the time. It was a USA Basketball t-shirt that simply said,  “Respect the past. Represent the future.” As a kid who grew up in the 1990s, I vividly remember watching many of the players who made up the original Dream Team, the first group of professional basketball players to represent the United States in Olympic competition. Those players were legends. They changed the game and left an undeniable m

Photo by Morrow Solutions  on Unsplash He is Risen! He is Risen, Indeed! Easter Sunday is here, and while many people are focused on...

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We are just a few weeks away from Christmas , and I know for many of you, things might be a tad different this year. And I am not talking...

This past Sunday morning, I woke up to an early morning FaceTime from my brother. I was pretty sure what he was calling about. As I...

As I am writing this, it is snowing outside! Normally, I am not a huge fan of snow, but for some reason it does not bother me this time....