The news drives me crazy. So much of it is opinion. No wonder this is a called the “post-truth” era. Opinions are not the same as truth. People have been lining upRead More…
PANORAMIC LENS
I’ve been reading Howard Zinn’s “A People’s History of the United States,” which is from the viewpoint of the “conquered,” the working class, etc. I’m currently taking a class on the historyRead More…
NAME-DROPPING
Yes, I’m shamelessly name-dropping in this post. The reason is that I have some very cool friends, like authors, musicians, and the like. Today I’ll highlight three of them. One is aRead More…
Beautiful Differences
Hi everyone, Here’s another occasional entry from the book I’m writing called “The Journey: A Traveling Companion through the New Testament.” It’s from the book of Galatians. Enjoy. A number of yearsRead More…
BETTER VISION
There was this guy who was in a hurry, so he asked God for a close-in parking space as he pulled into the store parking lot. All of a sudden, someone pulledRead More…
Spiritual Composting
We do lots of gardening, so I don’t mean to brag or anything, but we have our own composter. (I know, I’m prideful that way.) But you know me! I can createRead More…
Life Is a Highway
Apart from the Rascal Flatts song by that name being the best-road-trip-tune-ever (do I hear an amen?), this is how I’m viewing life these days. I feel like I’m cruising down theRead More…
Take Care of Your Soul
Don’t you just love mental health days? You DO take mental health days, right? I hope so. I actually call them take-care-of-your-soul days. I think I’m at the top of my gameRead More…
Happytown
I kept hearing about this book called “The Happiness Project” by Gretchen Rubin, so I decided to pick it up. It’s for generally happy people who just want to maximize life. RubinRead More…
Survival 101
Sometimes I feel like I live in Crazytown. I just saw a little clip about this week’s twisted logic. “He didn’t say that. And if he did, he didn’t mean that. AndRead More…