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Are you OK?
BY DR. GLENN MOLLETTE The weather is always news. Most national morning and evening shows include a weather segment. Often, the weather is the lead story. We spend hours of our lives inquiring about the weather. Will it be hot today? Will there be tornadoes or floods today? Or will it be rainy today? The…
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Church, women, wonder and why?
BY DR. GLENN MOLLETTE The National Council of Churches says 15,000 churches are expected to close this year, and 100,000 more are at risk of closure over the next few years. They reason that younger generations are not attending and that operating costs have increased. Lifeway Research says 4,000 Protestant churches closed in 2024, but…
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Enjoy ‘this’ summer
BY DR. GLENN MOLLETTE Summer arrives slowly and disappears quickly. This all depends on where you live, of course. If you are in Southern Florida, Texas, Arizona or California, then warm and very hot days are almost always a part of life. For those of us a little farther north, we know about long winters…
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Navigating your difficult circumstances
BY DR. GLENN MOLLETTE Every human being faces everyday challenges. We all have them. No way is immune from problems, sickness and death. Hurdles to jump, mountains to climb and oceans to swim are a part of life. There is always a fire to put out or something to fix. Life is filled with repairs…
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If you do not use it, you will lose it
BY DR. GLENN MOLLETTE Risk is a part of your everyday life. A drive to the grocery store is risky. Sitting in your recliner too long is risky. Eating too much is risky. Eating too little is risky. Driving too fast is risky and driving too slowly can be risky in certain scenarios. Moving to…
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Dead noses smell no roses
BY DR. GLENN MOLLETTE May is a busy month with Mother’s Day, graduations and Memorial Day weekend activities. Hopefully these occasions have presented or are presenting you with opportunities to connect with friends and family. Too often our connection time with people is at the funeral home. Back in the old days, social family gatherings…
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Political jobs and all-around nice people
BY DR. GLENN MOLLETTE Men and women who run for political office must be men and women of the people, for the people. Political jobs are jobs for the people. A person who holds a political office must know that he or she is serving a massive number of people. Holding office comes with a…
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Presidential assassins and national notoriety
BY DR. GLENN MOLLETTE Cole Thoms Allen recently tried to kill President Donald Trump. The 31-year-old from Torrance, California, has been charged with attempted assassination, discharging a firearm during a crime of violence and illegally transporting firearms and ammunition across state lines. Cole rode Amtrak all the way from California to check into the Washington…
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Our time is precious
BY GLENN MOLLETTE We should never put off till tomorrow what we can do today. The biggest problem with this is that we can’t do everything today. Life has to be spaced out, and we have to hope and pray that we will have the opportunity to do some or most of what we would…
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The sad ending of Justin Fairfax
BY DR. GLENN MOLLETTE According to media reports former Lt. Governor Justin Fairfax recently murdered his wife, Cerina. He then took his own life. He was only 47 years old. She was 48. Justin Fairfax had been a rising star in the Democratic Party, having served as the Lieutenant Governor in Virginia from 2018 to…
