Thomas Craig's Blog

The Fundamental Goodness of Americans I saw the following article on the Internet, and I just had to share it with you. If we aren’t careful, we can become hardened by all the stuff we see on television and the news. The constant barrage of reporting on the horrible actions of a few, if we are no...

Do You Sometimes Feel Powerless? It’s easy to feel like you are powerless in the world. The world is so big, and there are so many people, and there is a constant barrage of bad news on the 24-hour cable news shows. The Internet is filled with horrible stories of man’s inhumanity towards his fell...

 ‘Tis The Season to be Jolly  Most of you are very familiar with this line from the Christmas and New Year’s carol from the 1870’s, Deck the Halls. Ah yes, we remember it well…  Deck the hall with boughs of holly,  Fa la la la la la la la la.  'Tis the season to be jolly, Oh, if it were only that...

My wife and I are faithful viewers of the Dr. Phil Show. We are empty nesters, so we watch it in our kitchen weeknights while we are eating dinner. I find the program really fascinating to watch. My wife and I live in our own little cocoon, as our 4 kids are raised and out of the house. Other tha...

Perhaps there is hope for us yet as a society. I realize that we are all on our own faith journey, or perhaps we are just trying to be a good person all on our own. While I am Catholic, I am smart enough to know that my path may not be your path…and that is fine, it doesn’t have to be. I find it ...

For the past several weeks, I have been devoting my postings to the subject of time…more importantly, how we spend our time. This story is about Bob Feller, one of my baseball heroes. He played for the Cleveland Indians his entire career, and eventually was elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame....

I Once Was Blind… The rest of the headline, as many of you know, goes like this; I once was blind, but now I see. It is from John 9:25 in the New Testament. It deals with a blind man, who had been healed by Jesus, and the man is trying to explain to onlookers what happened. Despite one’s faith, t...

Planes, Trains, and Automobiles Ah, in just two days it will be Thanksgiving. The glorious aroma of turkey roasting in the oven, a host of  other wonderful smells emanating from the kitchen, wine being poured into our best stemware, and the laughter of family drowning out the Macy’s Day parade on...

What the World Needs Now… Go ahead and finish it…come on, you know the words… "What the world needs now is love, sweet love It's the only thing that there's just too little of..".   This beautifully written song was composed back in 1965 by Burt Bacharach, with lyrics by Hal David. While the song...

How Foolishly We Waste Our Time and Money The other day on the news, the television crews were filming the exploits of a few hearty souls who have already pitched their tents in a Best Buy parking lot; in anticipation of the huge savings they expect to reap on Black Friday. This is no small under...