When I’m on vacation in California, I like to while away the hours at Fashion Island in Newport Beach. Not… READ MORE
I studied philosophy in college. Whenever people asked me why I had chosen that discipline as my major field of… READ MORE
One of Ronald Reagan’s favorite jokes concerned twin boys, one an incurable pessimist and the other an indefatigable optimist. Trying… READ MORE
If you were a highly successful individual, what advice would you give others to help them achieve the good life?… READ MORE
If you are reading the New International Version of Mark 16.1–8, you will find a note after verse 8 that… READ MORE
Mark 15.21–47 narrates the death and burial of Jesus Christ. It is a sparse, unsentimental narrative. The only theological comments… READ MORE
Mark 14.32–72 narrates four events in the horrific hours leading up to Christ’s crucifixion: his agonizing prayer in Gethsemane, his… READ MORE
Food is biblical. Consider how often the Bible uses food to mark a spiritually significant event. Passover commemorates God leading… READ MORE
Have you ever seen the bumper sticker, “Practice random acts of kindness and senseless acts of beauty”? It makes me… READ MORE
“All we have to do is decide what to do with the time given us.”
~Gandalf
Husband of one, father of three, and master in name only of two dogs. I play by Oxford Comma Rules. The opinions expressed on this blog are solely those of the author, not his employer.