Today, April 18, 2020, Coronavirus was the cause of approximately 5% of the total deaths worldwide, outnumbered by cancer (14%) and smoking (8%) and just above HIV/AIDS (4%) and road accidents (3%) with seasonal flu representing 1% and guns representing … Continue reading According to Worldometer

Pathways of Hope is serving those less fortunate in North Orange County.  It takes our entire community to pitch in by providing resources necessary to keep this program going. Please, support Pathways of Hope by donating on Giving Day, April 22nd when … Continue reading Food, Shelter, Purpose

The little guy is falling off the edge into eternity.  He needs to get back to work—got to eat, need a place to sleep, need some heat, need someone to meet.   Coronavirus is bringing him to the edge and if ever … Continue reading Pathways of Hope

“Seventy Five. That’s how long I want to live.”  Doctor Ezekiel Emanuel, Atlantic, 2014 and now advisor to presidential candidate, Joe Biden. I’m 81 and grateful to be alive, in great health and in a loving and generous lifestyle. My Durable Power of … Continue reading Triage

“Seventy-five. That’s how long I want to live: 75 years.” States Ezekiel Emanuel, the most prominent member of former Vice President Joe Biden’s “Public Health Advisory Committee.”  Ezekiel Emanuel, Atlantic, 2014 The in-depth interview continues: “We should focus on giving all terminally ill … Continue reading Joe, Let’s Get Back to Work

Michigan Governor Whitman declared self-distancing rules to include stay-at-home orders that residents may not travel between residences (between city and summer homes) and that big-box stores may not sell “non-essential” items (including vegetable seeds). Florida Governor DeSantis ordered travelers from … Continue reading Who is most important?

And he saith unto them, Be not affrighted: Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, which was crucified: he is risen; he is not here: behold the place where they laid him.  Mark 16:6 humbly He came into our lost world born in a … Continue reading Alleluia

It was now about noon, and darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon, for the sun stopped shining. And the curtain of the temple was torn in two. Jesus called out with a loud voice, “Father, into your hands I … Continue reading Good Friday, April 10, 2020

We have a window of opportunity to turn on, get back to whatever we did.  For most it’s back to work—got to eat, need a place to sleep, need some heat, need someone to meet.  Didn’t work too good when we were sequestered … Continue reading The Big C has dun us in

If they don’t go to work in the morning many will have nothing to eat.   Walter Mead’s op-ed in today’s Wall Street Journal warns us that Latin and South America are little prepared for the ravages of coronavirus.  The hungry will … Continue reading If they don’t go to work in the morning…