Ever heard the expression, a little leaven leavens the lump? Or what about, a rotten apple rots the bunch? How about my new favorite, one red sock will ruin your whites? If you haven’t heard the last one it’s because I made it up. Today. Yes friends, I now...

My parents have been married for over 35 years and have a great marriage. He loves all her idiosyncrasies like the way she eats chicken, the smirk which betrays her innocence when she knows she is wrong, or the pile of to-do lists that never get done. But in 13,140...

I’m sure at one point in our life we’ve heard the following portion of the Declaration of Independence: …all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the...

For the last 55 years, there has been one genre of literature that outsells all historical fiction, crime dramas, and mysteries to win the title of best-selling novels. Know what it is? Romance novels. Yes, the paperback books with wind blown hair of a half naked...

I drove to Twin Peaks, California knowing that it was going to be an exposé of my life. Proverbally stripped and naked in front of women my age, I knew I had to candidly share my lot in life. Not what I have overcome, conquered, or achieved; just me, slightly dazed...

Whittier College circa 1999: Stauffer dormitory heard me beg for mercy like my life depended on it. Because it did. I was caught in a little lie that turned into a massive lie. Let’s just say that my attempted cover-up involved Nermin, the resident aid, John,...

If you’ve followed this blog for awhile you know that I have this thing with movies and searching out unrequited meanings in the plot. While reading zie uber fabulous book Prodigal God by Tim Keller I was reminded of a foreign film that caused me to cry rivers...