I started playing golf when I was 40. Well that's not true, really. I haven't yet really started playing golf. I bought my first set of $900 golf clubs when I was 40...that is true. Using those clubs, I have played with golf and at golf, but never approached playing golf. My decision to take up the game of golf at forty was the result of memories of long ago...

The wide open spaces of country life was my domain during my pre-college years. So for 25 years after college I had sat...

I grew up Catholic, but felt little in the way of a relationship with God. I prayed to Him frequently, especially when I was feeling uncertain, afraid, anxious, or sad. I wanted to believe He heard me, and He cared about my feelings, but I seldom felt Him. I went on faith, and faith alone, but felt His presence seldom to never.

As I grew older, I fell away even from the practice of trying to talk to God, and from disuse, my sense of faith fell into atheism bordering on nihilism....

Mortgage rates took a small step backward yesterday as existing home sales data came in better than expectations. A few lenders that issued pricing prior to the report did reprice for the worse.

Our week wraps up with two potentially impactful reports. First out, and of higher importance, was Durable Goods Orders. This data measures the number of new orders placed at U.S. factories for products that are expected to last at least three years. This would include items such as computers,...

I couldn't have have predicted on any level how my first year in Columbus Ga would have progressed. Moving to a new city has been something I have loathed each time I have made the decision. Usually,the checklist on the "con" side of the ledger goes like this: packing and unpacking, finding a place to live, finding a new church, making new friends, etc. The top of my list is always the same...my number one peeved pet...finding someone to cut my hair! I am a founding member of the...

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