Why I Promote Marriage
On a hot August Sunday afternoon almost five decades ago I walked to the altar to say, “I do” to a lovely young blond. I was a skinny nineteen-year-old kid…
Read moreHistory: Written and Re-written
An old college friend I have reminisces too much about our college days: How good we played basketball, how much the girls loved us, and all the crazy things only…
Read moreProblem is, it Still Hurts
Ron Ross By 8:00 pm that night the pain around my heart had increased substantially. I figured it was one of those gas bubbles created by the extra-bacon BLT I…
Read moreThe First Time Alone
The big church service was over, and the adults talked and talked and talked like they usually did. So I, an easily bored six-year-old boy, decided to go downstairs to…
Read moreTwenty Tips for Lively Living
Twenty Tips for Lively Living By Dr. Ronald D. S. Ross 1. Clear the cobwebs. Sure you have heartaches, bad experiences, and grief, but so does everyone else. If…
Read moreThree Reasons to Celebrate a Birthday
The following is the bulk of a letter I sent to my daughter on the occasion of her birthday: A birthday is a time to celebrate the joy of life.…
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