by mmooney | Jan 3, 2025 | The Friday Message
I generally do not get serious about resolutions for the New Year. The last year left me feeling a bit hopeless about the future of our State and the nation. I could likely go on to say the world is at an inflection point as authoritarian regimes...
by mmooney | Dec 27, 2024 | The Friday Message
It was another memorable McCall Xmas for the Mooney/Haga/Wonderlich clan. We were all at the cabin for Christmas Eve and Day. This marked the 37th consecutive year we have celebrated the holiday in McCall. In the beginning it was quite a challenge to get...
by mmooney | Dec 20, 2024 | The Friday Message
It is the Christmas Season. I had a request from my spouse to skip the disturbing current events and focus on the beauty and joy that is represented by the season. That is a tall order, but apparently so is one of the expressed tenets of Jesus’s time on earth. “Love...
by mmooney | Dec 13, 2024 | The Friday Message
People like to say that history repeats itself. You likely don’t recall the English Civil War. It occurred in l642 and was fought over the balance of power between Parliament and King Charles I. Parliament fought for the right to participate in government, it was not...
by mmooney | Dec 6, 2024 | The Friday Message
I grew up in Eastern Idaho with many of my friends belonging to the dominant church in that area. Swearing was not something any of us did around adults but my religiously oriented friends substituted “frig” for what they really meant. It is amazing that the “f” word...
