A friend recently asked me what are my family’s traditions for Christmas.  Besides a formal meal, we also purchase and decorate a Christmas...

What Makes A Culture?  Can an individual have their own culture, or must the aspects be shared by a group?  How much can be absent or a...

I remember reading the Anne of Green Gables series, how well it taught the lesson.  Anne turned down a silly farmer who asked her to marry ...

There once was a handsome young man named David.  What happened to me through knowing him probably had something to do with growing up – wi...

My first unusual gadget was a great can opener my mom got for us to help her in the kitchen.  It attached with the blade parallel with the ...

The widow gave two mites to the Temple treasury while Jesus was watching. I've always thought about it as a sacrifice. But it's more...

Tonight I’m thinking about how I'm not sure what my life is accomplishing. But on the bright side, I just made bread without a recipe, ...

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.  And the earth was without form, and void… One of the things I love about how ...

My little friend Prudence is 3 years old.  She's in the process of being potty-trained.  So the other night her mom told her to go use t...

In a world where (aggressively shifting) vocabularies rule our comprehension and communication is often compressed into a “tweet” or a “tex...