I can’t sleep. My heart is too heavy. Too many people have died in my lifetime because of violence – whether it is due to mental illness, drugs, bullying, domestic violence, terrorism, or one-by-precious-one in gang warfare. It’s overwhelming to grasp the enormity of it and it starts to feel normal, like that’s just the […]

Dear Cindy, Don’t be afraid, but this is you, I mean me, I mean us – 15 years in the future. You might be surprised to learn a few things about your life in 2016. Some of these things might shock you. You might read them and hit your knees in prayer asking God to […]

I don’t play piano, but last night I did. In the basement of an old Masonic temple where my church’s youth group meets, there is a dusty piano. It is out-of-tune and some of the keys don’t work. The piano has always been my favorite instrument, but I don’t have the talent to make it […]

Earlier this year my six-year-old daughter and I attended an event at her elementary school. Students and parents wandered around the gym perusing tables covered with various knickknacks, books, toys, and holiday ornaments. One table at the center of the room caught her eye. The Superhero Table! “Mom, Mom, LOOK!” she squealed. She excitedly inspected […]

Critical thinking means making reasoned judgments that are logical and well thought out. It is a way of thinking in which you don’t simply accept all arguments and conclusions you are exposed to but rather have an attitude involving questioning such arguments and conclusions” (www.study.com). I can’t sleep. It’s the night of the Iowa Caucus […]