Here is a question that I would like to invite you to ponder with me for a few minutes today. How much do you know about inflation? There is one thing for sure, here at the Davidson household we have definitely felt the power of inflation, in particular every time we fill up our cars with gas or go to the grocery store. But what is inflation, do you know? Most people think it’s high prices, and it is, but there are several reasons why we have it. Inflation is…

Today I would like to tell you a true story that, if you will ponder it a bit, will definitely tug at your heart strings. It will soon become obvious why I don’t use names. Sometime back I told you about our granddaughter who just finished the fourth grade and is reading at the high school grade level. Well, she had a birthday this past August and is now 11 years of age. To celebrate, her mom and dad gave her a birthday party. She wanted to cook and invited…

There is a group of people here in our county that are part of a tradition that goes back for 144 years. This group is known as the Faulkner County Singing Convention, and they meet each year on Friday and Saturday before the fourth Sunday in July. The current group has a constitution and by-laws adopted on July 26, 2013. The officers consist of a president, vice president, secretary, treasurer, chaplain and sergeant-at-arms. In their respective order the current officers are Robert Clark, Jonathan Sawrie, Robert Morrow, Raymond Bush and…

One Sunday morning a few weeks ago, our teacher Mike used an expression that I had not heard in many a moon. First, the context. He said when he was growing up, their family lived on a narrow dirt road. When he was about 14 and it was time to learn how to drive, his dad took him and their pickup down in the pasture. The truck had a stick shift, which is what most families had those days. If you are not familiar with a stick shift, it is…

Have you ever run across someone who was just plain mean? “Mean” in this sense is the adjective form which refers to someone lacking elevating human qualities such as kindness and good will. Mean people are unkind even to the point of physical harm, and it’s obvious they do not care about other people. However, people’s motives for their actions really determine whether they are mean or not. On the surface people may appear to be mean, when in reality they are not mean at all. To illustrate the truth…

If I may, I would like to begin today’s column with a question. What is the definition of a conceited dolt? Well, a conceited dolt is a man whose wife thinks he’s funny! Wish I had one of those. Just kidding, Janis always laughs at my jokes, especially the good ones. A while back we had a speaker come to our Lions Club who was really good, and he was funny. So much so that I had a special request from one of our members, Jerry Boyer, who asked me…

A few weeks ago, a wonderful couple in our Sunday School class let it be known they had a lady friend who was down on her luck, and that they would like for our class to do an old-fashioned pounding. Because we have a loving, caring class, it did not take long for us to spring into action. It was quickly decided that a Sunday a couple of weeks in the future would be the day when everyone would bring what they wanted to give to her. In the next…

During our time today I have a very exciting, interesting and much-needed concept to share with you. But first, a quick disclaimer. I am well aware that over the past several months I have written a good number of columns about my new book “Your Future Begins Today” and the Character Education course we are developing to teach in our nation’s schools. The reason is simple, but it is important for you to know why I am doing this. Every Senior Citizen knows that our culture has changed over the…

It is often said that attitude is gratitude. From my own personal experience, I know this is true. I have never known anyone who had a great attitude who was not also grateful for what they had. Have you? I am an early riser, and the other morning about 5 a.m. I was thinking about this column. The thought came to me that we will be happier if we can be grateful for the small things in life. The reason is because there are so many more of them. To…