Article Archives: Words with Woods

Convenient Morality

February 26, 2015 | by CJ Woods III

I remember hearing some religious people disparage some other religious people for being “buffet” religious people. (I am not naming the religious people.) The term was coined to describe those who picked over the tenets of a particular faith and selected those that fit their individual worldview. People often take … Read More

Just Being A Kid

February 19, 2015 | by CJ Woods III

My first bride called and left a message on a recent Monday evening; I knew what the message was going to be, without listening to it. I had already gotten a text from our daughter: “Horrible way to start, I know, but she’s fine.” Lisa, my eldest daughter, knows that … Read More

Stranger Danger

February 12, 2015 | by CJ Woods III

I got a call from a friend and I told her that I was eager to see her child. I have not seen her since her son’s birth, but I troll her “Crackbook” page for images of the little man. I said to her that I had been thinking of … Read More

Even You

February 5, 2015 | by CJ Woods III

Early in 1972, five men gathered in a small business office in Culver City, California listened as a senior vice president explained the company’s position on a legal issue. The SVP explained to the assembled men that the corporation, a nationwide small loan company, had been sued by the federal … Read More

Ice, Ice Baby

January 29, 2015 | by CJ Woods III

I missed a call from my first bride, who had recorded 6 seconds of silence. My “old school” attitude toward 21st century cell phone etiquette is this: I do not return missed calls unless there is a message. In the meantime, I watched the news and saw cars sliding and … Read More