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As a junior in high school, my mom encouraged me to go on a two-month mission trip to Guatemala. That took a lot of effort on her part, because I was ...
To learn something, a coach really helps. A teacher may lay out the facts and the principles, a trainer may spell out the procedures, but it all comes...
The danger in America is that we become self-absorbed and miss God's heart for the poor that Bono pointed us to Isaiah 58 (in his address at the Natio...
Karen and I celebrated 25 years of marriage in December. She’s been a great partner. We’ve shared so many adventures together. I’ve watched many...
“All men die, but how many truly live?” William Wallace asked in Braveheart. The paradox is that to live well, we must make our peace with death....
Few things make me more uncomfortable than crying in front of other people. In private, especially in the dark, I'm OK. But I find it embarrassing in ...
Nanny McPhee is a cute little movie – a parable about parenting that those of you who have children should use as a discussion-starter with them. I ...
Yesterday I went to an exhibition of America's most prominent living painter, Andrew Wyeth. He has spent much of his life in Maine and his paintings r...
On a scale of 1 to 10, when asked, "How do you feel about yourself?" People answered an average of 2.7! What is really sad in this hectic non-affirmin...
The natural state of things is to move toward chaos. That's entropy. Periodically in our house, my grip on the order of things begins to slip. Take th...
