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This week’s reflection, My Father’s House, was written by Raymond Key of Katy Texas.  At age 99, Mr. Key is a living treasure of wisdom and a wonderful friend to all who know him.  I have slightly edited the original text.  May you and your family be blessed this week! Blessings and peace, Chaplain Allen…

Skills are tools. Life skills are tools that make life manageable. It is possible to learn and become proficient in the principles of living life effectively. Such proficiency results in “a life well lived.” I see life as functioning along two axes: 1. Spiritual, and 2. Physical, both are required. Linking the two are our…

Simplicity can be difficult for many to come by and for others it can be forced upon them. During World War II, Walter Ciszek (1904–1984) was accused of being a spy. After spending five years in a Moscow prison, he was sentenced to fifteen years of hard labor in Siberian prison camps. He is an…