Do Funeral Have Value
Another person can change your life: The Rev. Dr. Edgar N. Jackson, New England Institute
I was a terrible student in school, well anyway in elementary, junior high and high school. Terms like middle school, pre-school had not yet been invented when I was attempting to get out, and I mean precisely that, “get out” of the school system in Iowa.; I was a...The veil of history
I knew it would start happening and last week the reality of my prediction about life started to take shape. I knew that in time, if I lived long enough, that my friends, my contemporaries would start to die away, and last week this started in my life in a glaring...Christmas in Iowa
The Van Becks have lived in Iowa since arriving from the Netherlands in 1870. I knew even as a small child that our family had been original pioneers in Southwestern Iowa, and it made me feel good to know that our roots were so deeply planted in the rich soil of the...My cousin died and now it’s too late to do the right thing
Ten days ago or so, my cousin died. The story, which is somewhat fuzzy, went like this. He was driving on I-10 in Palm Springs, in the fast lane, and was evidently talking on his cell phone to my Aunt about pains in his chest the intensity of which he had never...
