Download or read book Things That Matter: Reflections of a Country Lawyer written by Richard Delong and published by . This book was released on 2020-05-22 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Things That Matter collects in one book the comments that Richard Delong, a small town, Southern Ohio attorney, former English schoolteacher, longtime church man, and devoted husband, father, and grandfather, has made from his perch as a sometimes columnist for The Chillicothe (Ohio) Gazette, the oldest newspaper west of the Alleghenies. Over more than three decades his observations have provided a gentle and engaging source of wisdom and common sense to his readers caught in an ever changing culture. "Some...values are well-known: the importance of work, however humble, well-done; devotion to family; due regard for the Maker and the world He made; cooperation within community. . . .We would do well to examine ourselves and our institutions, yes, even our laws, to be sure our pace is not detracting from our peace."