Growing up as a young man in the 1970s meant I heard some of the best music in the world! One song I remember that got the whole car singing…
An old American comic strip called Pogo made famous an old saying from the War of 1812: "We have met the Enemy and he is us!" We seem to thrive…
It's been a mantra of those who speak out in societies facing the consequences of oppressed people. It first appeared in the pamphlet "Speak Truth to Power: A Quaker Search…
I read this quote from St. Paisios and my heart both lept for joy and sank into despair: "Completely have trust in God, leave everything in His hands, and believe…
Why all the drama? OK, I have to confess, I am no fan of drama for drama's sake, and I'm in the house with two daughters who excel in drama!…
I remember reading Aesop's Fables and Mother Goose stories to my kids when they are little and actually would sit still while I read to them! These stories contained cultural…
C.S. Lewis, in The Weight of Glory, writes: It is a serious thing to live in a society of possible gods and goddesses, to remember that the dullest most uninteresting…
It is said that a captured Islamic terrorist once told his interrogator during his questioning that, though he has been captured and will probably never be free again, he was…
American fantasy author Jeaniene Frost said, "Some things are worth the cost of their consequences."
And looking back in history and even in my own life, I can attest to the…