A little research reveals why the colors change:  because of changes in the length of daylight and changes in temperature, the leaves...

We’ve always tried to spend less than we make. Eat by candlelight as often as possible (even when you don’t want to.  Sometimes just...

My granddaughter moved in a few weeks ago.  O yeah – my daughter and son-in-law moved in too, but I’m writing about my granddaughter...

In the wake of the recent head tax hysteria in Seattle, I’ve been thinking a lot about Mother Teresa’s famous quote about poverty....

This stuff has value. This stuff has limited value. It has value because everyone could use a motivational shot in the arm, a reminder...

I understand that the literalists will have a problem with Rohr’s statement, but the point is essentially accurate:  Our divisions are...

My wife and I celebrated 38 years of married life yesterday.  Here are 38 thoughts on what’s contributed to our marriage not just...

They would, in other words, rather look on a relationship from the outside, experiencing the hollow thrill of being an observer, rather...

God affirms eros. Healthy eros requires a cocktail of practices on a regular basis, including affirmation, invitation, respecting each...

“Nebuchadnezzar said to them: “Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego: Is it true that you don’t serve my gods or worship the gold statue I’ve...

Words matter. Mr. Trump spoke on the bus about making unwanted sexual advances and literally grabbing women. He spoke to Howard Stern...

still smiling after 37 years of journeying together Thirty seven years is a long time, and yesterday my wife and I were able to celebrate...

“when the raft in the ocean is safer than our home, we’ll go” With the train station closed in Budapest, over 70 dead in a truck on the...

I’m 19 and a good friend had landed the part of Jesus in Godspell, so he invites me to see him on opening night.  It’s been two years...

Schladming for a little bit of rest before I head up to England for a week of speaking at Capernwray Hall.   The week is a break in the...

this video (or the print version of the article) reveals a trend in the United States whereby a larger and larger percentage of the...

We know the Bible, the words on scroll, know it like the back of our hands.  But the Bible doesn’t bring peace.  Neither does...

Truth be told though, the ocean of details can conspire with my own Type A personality and propensity to get anxious about stuff, and...

“Come up to the Lord, you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu and seventy of the elders of Israel, and you shall worship at a distance.  Moses...

“all who are thirsty…” Yesterday I spent some time in what is slowly becoming a sabbath routine for this season of life.  My wife and I...