As we sat down to dinner a few days ago, my wife, Wendy, put on a CD in the living room- it was a male, tenor voice, singing some language that sounded like Italian. This guy was really singing, going up and down and all around!...Read More

I had an interesting conversation with some friends recently.  Actually, we meet each week to discuss a book we are reading, but more importantly we discuss and share the struggles and joys we experience as men trying to be...Read More

I was watching a very interesting show recently about African animal's migration habits.  And in the midst of the sobering story, as the animals made their perilous, annual journeys to fresh water and "greener...Read More

I got a very interesting animated Thanksgiving email card.  For you non-computer types, e-mail cards are sort of like a cartoon that plays on your computer.  The card I received today begins with a Pilgrim's hat tipped...Read More

What with the difficulties that many couples go through to have a child these days I am writing to you about our individual and corporate roles in raising children in today's world.
own?" What can we do to make a...Read More

What with All Saints Day upon us I thought it appropriate that we entertain the notion of a "saint."
 
Some of us grew up with the idea of a saint being an especially holy person, who had done marvelous...Read More

A couple years ago Wendy and I went to a Diamondbacks baseball game.  We had a great seat- we were even with first base, and only about 10 rows back.  It was one of those games that went back and forth and I can...Read More

I think it's good - it's healthy - for people to admit their mistakes.  In fact, I believe that a person actually experiences healing when they fully admit either to themselves, to God, and/or to another that they were in...Read More

When I has in High School, I played football - football was my sport, you might say.   I can remember that at the conclusion of each football year, the sports writers in the state of Michigan would choose high school...Read More

I forget where I was or who I was talking with but I remember some dialogue about people being "broken."  Someone said, with wisdom I think, that all people have a hole, a gap, a disease, a weakness, a behavior or...Read More