Category Archives: Thoughts about life and death

Where Was God?

Posted on December 20, 2012 by Bill

I can’t remember watching a news story that triggered more horrible images. Children gunned down by an angry twenty year old man. Horrible words seem like gravel in my mouth when I speak them.

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Never Fail to Say these Words

Posted on October 24, 2012 by Bill

In a tiny, 20-by-50-foot air pocket, 24 stories below the ground–nine miners huddled in frigid water–praying for their lives. In a cavern so dark they couldn’t see their hand in front of their face, the men passed the hours snuggled … Continue reading →

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Get me out of here! Please

Posted on January 26, 2012 by Bill

All of us periodically suffer from the myth of the greener grass. Haven’t there been times in your life when you thought things looked better on the other side of the fence? In your drive to succeed, haven’t you dreamed of a … Continue reading →

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An Old Friend Fell

Posted on January 12, 2012 by Bill

I had an experience last week that got me thinking about how easy it is for us to take people for granted and assume they’ll always be around. And then one day, they suddenly and unexpectedly, are gone. On December 20, … Continue reading →

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A View of Death

Posted on October 13, 2011 by Bill

While speaking at the commencement exercise at Stanford University on June 12, 2005, Steve Jobs said this:

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