It was Christmas Eve 1945. I was 9 years old. Truth be told, it was a dark time for a child. My stepfather—“a good man when he wasn’t drinking,” my […]

This being human is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor. Welcome and entertain them […]

From Facebook to the Kin-dom of God Facebook is worried that Facebook may be bad for you.  Well, kinda. In a corporate blog (Dec. 15), Facebook addresses the question, “Is […]

Why do you stay “hooked” on concerns that would disappear in an instant if you knew you were going to die tomorrow? Knowing that you will “die tomorrow” — whether […]