Author: Gene Stockton (Gene Stockton)

Towards  I was recently driving in the Omaha area and needed to know what direction I was going. At first, I looked around for landmarks, the position of the sun and even signs but didn’t see anything that made me feel sure about my direction. I was in an area where I was unfamiliar so...

Too Soft In May of 2000, our family moved from a military assignment in Canada to another assignment in Nebraska. In doing so, we looked at our options for housing and decided to purchase a house in Bellevue. The property was nicely sodded but it didn’t have any landscaping. So, we did some research and...

Be a Blessing How many of us have prayed, God please bless me and my family? What about, bless our church or bless our nation or bless our business? Of course, I assume we all have at some time or other. And, for that matter, it is certainly a good idea to ask for God’s blessing. But...

Status: Bridge or Barrier What role does our personal status and the status of others play in our lives? You can say you don’t care but that doesn’t dismiss the fact that status exists in our society. In fact, every society. If you think about it, right or wrong, status impacts the way we think of ourselves,...

Make Banana Bread When I was in 7th grade, I was growing like swamp grass after a rain storm which means I constantly thought I was hungry and ate everything in sight. One summer day, as I was doing my hourly foraging for food in the kitchen cabinets and refrigerator, I noticed a plastic bag full...