by Barry Howard | Aug 26, 2022 | Opinion
I unexpectedly found myself on several rural backroads during a recent road trip. My GPS had rerouted me to avoid an accident on the interstate, so I took advantage of the opportunity to look for locally owned restaurants and to observe church signs, a habit which is...
by Barry Howard | Aug 12, 2022 | Opinion
Grief feels like different things to different people. For example, in A Grief Observed C.S. Lewis confessed, “No one told me that grief feels so much like fear.” I have walked alongside individuals and families who are dealing with grief for over 40 years. Here are...
by Barry Howard | May 18, 2022 | Opinion
Even the best and the brightest among us can find ourselves enshrouded in a whirlwind of emotional turbulence or bombarded by thoughts of darkness and despair. Our motivation may wane, fatigue may set in, and our sense of direction may become uncertain. May is Mental...
by Barry Howard | May 10, 2022 | Opinion
My wife, a true child of the south, loves sweet tea. I, on the other hand, prefer unsweet tea with fresh lime or lemon. At least twice recently, as we were dining out, our server refilled my wife’s sweet tea glass with unsweetened iced tea. In both cases, when we...
by Barry Howard | Apr 20, 2022 | Opinion
Lava once flowed across the land on which the Hualalai Golf Course now sits. Years before the resort was constructed, this part of Hawaii’s Big Island looked much different. Yet, once the lava altered the landscape, there was no going back. Looking at the plush...
