A Bitter-Sweet Seasoning |
My wife's leaving me.
For Christmas, that is. We're heading north to attend the wedding of her niece, near Canton, Ohio, and after that, she's going back to her hometown in Indiana to sp...
Posted by John Michalak on Sat, 16 Dec 2006 10:05:00 PST |
Character and Wonder |
I love movies. For good or ill, they have had a major impact on my life. I'm a fan of most genrescomedy, romance, drama, action.
As a fairly analytical human, I was thinking...
Posted by John Michalak on Wed, 18 Oct 2006 04:34:00 PST |
Freedom In Relationship |
Jean Valjean was "a very dangerous man."
That was the description written about him on the yellow passport he carried. After nineteen years of horrible imprisonment for the small c...
Posted by John Michalak on Tue, 04 Jul 2006 04:24:00 PST |
Humility and Gratitude |
A beautiful woman died the other day. And, for my own life, I have no reason at all to complain.
Jacqui was to turn 28 in a month or so. She was a gorgeous, petite girl with strikin...
Posted by John Michalak on Fri, 14 Apr 2006 01:34:00 PST |
Life Is Relationship |
Have you ever heard of Viktor Frankl? He was an author and psychotherapist who died about 9 years ago at the age of 92. Among his other accomplishments, he wrote a great book called Man's ...
Posted by John Michalak on Sat, 04 Feb 2006 07:15:00 PST |
The Greatest Of These |
(This is a feature I wrote for Good News Magazine back in 2000).
THE GREATEST OF THESE
How Alzheimer's other victims have loved, persevered and come to terms with one of life's most dehu...
Posted by John Michalak on Mon, 23 Jan 2006 11:26:00 PST |
Throwing In The Towel |
Here's another life lesson I had as a kid that has left a significant mark on who I am today. In my early teens and at various other periods growing up, I was the victim of a lot of "persecution...
Posted by John Michalak on Mon, 23 Jan 2006 10:59:00 PST |
Fingal's Cave |
There are certain works of art that have a lifetime impact on you. At least for me. They literally shape who you are. Reading Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Madeline L'Engle as a kid coul...
Posted by John Michalak on Thu, 19 Jan 2006 12:25:00 PST |
