WHEN YOUR MENTOR NEEDS ENCOURAGEMENT

      Over the years, it has become fashionable for people to ‘cry out’ for mentors to help them—or someone in their group.  During my days as a Probation Officer with my county juvenile court, the parents of clients would occasionally say to me: “Well, my child would do better IF they had a mentor.”  They have something better than a mentor—they’re called ‘parents’.

      Let’s be honest.  Our modern society, often led by ‘the wizards of smart’ and the social

RAMEY’S THANKSGIVING SESSION

      A few months back, I wrote a piece entitled “Be Ye Thankful”.  With the coming of the Thanksgiving season, I wanted to continue that thought.  To the younger generation, a quick historical note from a Certified Old Guy.  There USED to be a song that many of us regularly sung back in the day: “Count your blessings; count them one by one.  Count your blessings and see what the Lord has done.”  Blessings are different from entitlements.  One may feel ‘entitled’ to