As Karen and I launch our kids out into the world, the question of keeping things even for them financially comes up. You may be like us: You want to ...
Chaos seems to be the state of nature. Everything loses heat and dies; then chaos ensues. The world began in chaos and seems to tilt that direction...
One of the Christmas memories that our kids cherish the most was the memory of building an elaborate fort out of blankets and overturned chairs and fu...
The song "Tradition" in Fiddler on the Roof gives us the downside of doing the same traditional way. For a good modern example of that, talk to you...
When we started the World Race in 2006, we sensed that we were onto something. As the three vans left Matamoros for Chiapas and ports south, who k...
Some people never seem to catch a break. Take Ann for instance. Life was already hard for Ann, a resid...
Grace for atheists - Radical LivingI believe Christopher Hitchens, the reknowned atheist, and Kim Jong-Il, the North Korean despot, are somewhere in t...
Why is it that Mondays are often the hardest day of the week? Maybe it's because you go from a place of rest to a place of activity, frustration and c...
Growing up, Christmas was sometimes a mixed blessing. No one wanted conflict, so we all would be on our best behavior. But along the way, if nothing e...
Christmas, for all of its glory, can be hard on you sometimes. People who love each other but who have lived apart from one another for a year get tog...
