Any pastor knows that you cannot let the minute details of a story get in the way of a good lesson (which is also why

War is on all our minds, and my son came home from fifth grade art class last week and reported that there was, during one

Isn’t counted cross-stitch just glorified paint-by-number? That’s what I thought (but would never say) when my mom would spend countless hours following pre-made patterns, counting

In “Perfectly Imperfect,” a TedxMacatawa Talk I’ve watched and re-watched about a dozen times, my beloved college poetry teacher Jack Ridl asks, “What is something

This year, on Ash Wednesday, I was crossed and blessed at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Cathedral in Jackson, Mississippi.  It was the tail end of a

The day after Vladimir Putin launched his immoral and evil war with Ukraine, my daughter posted a meme on Facebook that summarized a scene from

I’ve never taught about the Cold War at the same time that Russia invaded the Ukraine. Up until a few years ago, I had never

The basis for my values came from a simple question: How can I live my life the way that Jesus would, if Jesus were living