"He's a liar!" Yep, he sure is, and his actions send ripples throughout his life and the lives of so many others.
We were discussing a politician we both knew. But,…
If you've spent any time with me at all, you know I'm a big fan of asking the "WHY" question when it comes to our motivations for living. In fact,…
Fr. Alexander Schemann once said "The greatest charge against a Christian is that he has no joy." Frankly, the normal Christian faith is incompatible with a life without joy. It…
Nelson Mandela once said "I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid,…
When I get discouraged, I can always trace it back to a loss of perspective. I mean, it's inevitable. My challenges give me tunnel vision and I lose the ability…
They say there is a point of absolute clarity when a person is facing their own mortality. We've heard it all before; "Your life flashes before your eyes." Of course,…
OK, it's a great scene: Indiana Jones and his dad have reached the cave where they believe the Holy Grail has been hidden. But, to get to the treasure Indy…
"How can it be wrong when it feels so right?" Probably one of the most overused lines in the history of mankind right before someone does something really stupid! Yeah,…
An ancient Roman writer once said "I have often regretted my speech, never my silence."
I confess that has been a hard lesson for me, personally. Once, when someone asked…
One of the human parables of every human culture on earth is the warning against pride. As the scriptures declare " pride goes before a fall."
And it seems that…