Back in 2003 I was going through a time of great uncertainty and doubt. I have always struggled with belief in God. As a pastor, that bothered me for obvious reasons. It bothered...
The myth of the do-it-all multi-tasking woman may look great on paper, in reality, it’s just plain exhausting. The truth is this...
Her first job is a unique one: religious satirist. Becky Garrison talks about life in a way that makes all of us...
Between now and November 4, it's inevitable that you'll discuss politics with colleagues and friends. Whether you want to or not, and...
It was Harry Sparks who first told me the love between a father and mother was like a misshaped tree, and therefore different and better than all other love. Boyfriend and girlfriend, husband and...
Over the 2009 holidays I fed my belly with lumpia, atole, chocolate cake—everything that came out of my kitchen.
Just a little over a week ago, I was surprised with a getaway birthday weekend to Houston. It was a weekend filled...
Forty years ago, my wife and I had been married a little over a year. We were living in Houston, and I...
I love pickles–ALL sorts of pickles. Pickle spears to accompany sandwiches, dill slices on hamburgers, little gherkins for snacking, and giant pickles...
The last command we have in the books of the Law regarding the tithe gives us this liturgy: ...
Frankie kept talking but still refused to look at me, making his words seem more a soliloquy—a prayer, even—than a conversation. ...
I’ve never been a math guy. Numbers scare me in the same way zombies do; both seem so foreign and lack even...
Last week Rowan went for his pre-kindergarten check-up at the pediatrician. After he undressed and snapped himself into the soft, tiger-paw-print gown and been weighed and measured, the nurse...
Simplicity is not a new concept. Henry David Thoreau dreamed of keeping his accounts on his thumbnail. For centuries people have known that simple solutions are often the best solutions. What about...
There's not many things more frightening than losing your job. A few years ago my wife was laid off from a job that she had held for 12 years. There was no problem...
The smallest things can make a big difference, says Gretchen Rubin, author of The Happiness Project and other books. On a recent...
One morning I spied my son sitting on one of the kitchen chairs, his toes easily touching the floor. I stopped and stared. Something about his posture and those long, lean legs …...
As I mentioned in a previous post, our eight-year-old son’s gift list has remained short. ...
In high school, pursuing God meant raising my hands in praise, saying the right things, and never questioning. It meant choosing to pursue, even when saying those right things didn’t lead to...
In the “popular” or “mainstream” side of business you find a number of articles that tout young startup owners, particularly the 3...
