It scared me to death! I was convinced something was lurking in the dark in my room, and I wasn't about to shut my eyes! After all, it was only…
My daughter sits in front with me in the car many times as I drive. And she is old enough now to notice that daddy sometimes has a challenge with…
There's one sure way for any politician to get an applause line in a stump speech. All he or she has to do is say "I support our troops!" And…
The old saying is "You can pick your friends, but you're stuck with your relatives." Oh the volumes that have been written about dysfunctional families! Family dynamics is one of…
There is a powerful word in the wisdom of the Orthodox Faith that acts as a real warning to you and me. It is the word "prelest." It literally means…
Ever heard the saying "It's all or nothing!" This perspective says you have to choose in life to be all in oir get all out!
But I wonder how far we…
What is it about close relationships that either blind you or enlighten you? What I mean is, I've known folks who were so close to someone else that they were…
"OK, so what's the catch?" The guy had just given me his best pitch for a timeshare vacation package at the resort we were enjoying in the Dominican Republic. (Beautiful…
"Endurance is nobler than strength, and patience than beauty." So says the 19th century writer and art critic John Ruskin. But is he right? Well, I think so, as long…
I've always been fascinated by philosophy and logical argument constructs. It seems to me that the ability to use one's intellect to worship God through excellence and discipline is a…