To start the New Year, I went to see Les Miserables at the theater.  This film had multiple conflicts and subplots yet a tearjerker as well as thought-provoking.  Some of the scenes were cathartic and I cried.   At the end these words rung out “To love another person is to see the face of God.”  Happy New Year!

2013 brings an old and new perspective to my life.  In 1986, I wrote the song What Happen to this Beautiful World.  It was a time when I felt the world was spinning out of control.  Now entering 2013 my outlook is back again. There is so much hate that is decaying our state of mind. This country is so splintered because people are no longer tolerant of others’ opinions and beliefs. Everyone lives in their own bubble.  We need to keep our focus on God, who is love; and this world would becom...