Stories About Stories

Beginning a duck-dive into what stories can teach us about ourselves.

Epiphany: Wise Men, a Train, and What to Do Now, America

January 6, 2021, and figuring out the difference between an epiphany and a surprise.

Vote Your (Pre-Social-Media) Values

Vote the values you had when we used to disagree about policy, not reality.

Just Tell ‘Em Barb Sent You

What is our relationship to a government that won't protect us?

Have You Checked the Children?

We can find the cause of American extremism only if we realize the calls for it are coming from inside the house.

Looking Backward, Looking Forward

What kinds of memorials do we make?

Say What?

Maybe the key to understanding is assuming you don't.

Bring Back the Circus

Let's never again see a show go down like this season of The Bachelor.

I’m Not Hiding in My Room…

Anybody else out there feeling like skirting around the public square and just going home, closing the curtains, and staying inside? Not just me? Much as I’ve tried to drag myself into it the last couple of seasons, I’m finally going to admit that I just don’t have it in me to do a weekly … Continue reading I’m Not Hiding in My Room…

Prayer Is Only Where You Start

The power of prayer is in helping you do the work.