Ten Lessons On my 55th Birthday

Ten Lessons On my 55th Birthday

Next week, yours truly celebrates another trip around the sun. On August 12, I will be celebrating my 55th birthday. It’s a milestone for me because, as a child, the first birthdays I remember celebrating with my grandparents were their fifty-fifth birthdays. All of...
My Faith Compels Me: An Appeal for Love

My Faith Compels Me: An Appeal for Love

There was a time in my faith journey when I believed truth meant certainty grounded by “correct” belief and practice. Based on this lofty notion, I also felt my mission was to bring everyone I encountered to the place where my faith and practice resided.   If anyone...
As Laughter Rises, Tyranny Falls

As Laughter Rises, Tyranny Falls

English politician and writer Horace Walpole once wrote, “The world is a tragedy to those who feel, but a comedy to those who think.” For all the thinkers out there, last week felt like a shot across the bow as a silencing blow ricocheted off late-night television,...