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Tears in Nazar's Journey
Now that the Middle East is suffering from yet another war, impacting the powerless and innocent who inevitably become the "collateral damage" of the conflict, I thought it would be timely to share ........
Happy New Year!
One of the highlights of 2025 was being invited to create an essay for the Yale Class of 1975 book, which was published last spring. Writing the essay was a very good creative exercise, as it require ........
I attended 2025 Faith and Fellowship Book Festival
It was exciting to hear back in early November from the judges for the 2025 Faith and Fellowship Book Festival. I entered Nazar's Journey in the novella category, and I received second place. In the ........
Music Inspires Art
Today I wanted to share a beautiful setting of Psalm 91, recorded in this MP3. The piece inspired me when I was writing Nazar's Journey. I was attending Compline at St. Joseph's Cathedral, here in C ........
Behind the Scenes of My TV Interviews: Lessons and Challenges
I found that the longer the interview, the easier it was to answer questions. One of my more challenging interviews was the CFN TV interview, where I only had eight minutes. I spent a good deal o ........
Nazar’s Journey Makes Its Way to the Yale Class of ’75 Bookshelf!
Although I was unable to attend my Yale Class of 1975 reunion, my classmates were very kind in offering to post the cover of Nazar's Journey on the top of the page of the class website that showcases ........
Inspiring Young Minds with Stories from the Past and Present
It is very exciting for me to share about a great visit I had with a high school in the Columbus area earlier this month. This was a first for me. I was invited to share about being an author, and t ........
Celebrating 50 Years and a New Chapter: Nazar’s Journey Featured by Yale Class of ’75
Seems very hard for me to imagine, but fifty years ago, in May of 1975, I graduated from Yale University. We just celebrated our class reunion last month. When Nazar's Journey was first published, i ........