Culture |
The annual ritual known as the Scripps National Spelling Bee came
and went last week with kids spelling words that, I suspect, many
with graduate degrees…
Faith & Inspiration |
My daughter worked at a bagel shop in Oakland, Calif., and now and
then a customer would walk in with a dog. She would explain to the
human on the other end…
Government |
Presidents can be puzzling. They campaign high, but govern low …
except sometimes. They tack one way, then another. But occasionally
they let slip what…
Homosexuality |
The U.S. Department of Justice may be under a cloud these days, but
on the matter of workplace equality, they’re clear as day … sort
of. DOJ…
Faith & Inspiration |
“And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came up to him and said
to him, ‘Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask of you.’
And he said to…
Television |
I’m a big fan of old TV sitcoms from the black-and-white era. I’ve
even been a member of
The Andy Griffith Show Rerun Watchers Club
for more than 30 years.
Books | The Call to Wonder: Loving God Like a Child
(Tyndale House, 2012) asks its readers to stop thinking like
cold-hearted scientific rationalists.
A Jigsaw Guide to…
Faith & Inspiration |
The day before the Moore, Okla., tornado, we sat huddled in the
basement, rain and hail beating on the house we had just moved into
24 hours before. Tornado…
Religion |
The Minnesota Twins fooled me until about the second week of May. I
thought they might surprise me this season by being good—but no.
They are terrible after…
Faith & Inspiration |
As my mother and I were coming back to the entrance of the park
after a two-mile walk, she in a wheelchair and I behind it, I heard
her say, “Well, your…
Essay |
Virginia Woolf insisted that in order for a woman to write she
needed money and a room of her own. So upon graduating from
college, I set out to make a room…
Politics |
Who doesn’t admire former Republican Senate Majority Leader Bob
Dole? Wounded World War II veteran, part-time comedian (Dole once
described a meeting of…
