Glorious wretches
"I do indeed, Sir," said Caspian. "I was wishing that I came from a more honorable lineage." "You come of the Lord Adam and the…
Summer job
During college, my summer job was to work on an assembly line building kitchen cabinets. I was on the "base" line, which meant we built…
Mommy’s pet peeve
Burnt coffee. Long lines. Parking meters. Missing keys. What's your pet peeve? How many do you have? How much power do they have to ruin…
World Trade Center
When I was a boy, I stood atop the Word Trade Center and felt like I was standing on top of the world. We were…
One and many
"It seems obvious to say that I wrote this book. Mine are its ideas, its organization, its formulations. But that's a superficial kind of 'mine-ness.'…
Do you know them?
We teach our kids (rightly) not to talk (too much) to strangers. My children are working to learn their community--trying to remember names and faces.…
Greet by name
Christianity teaches that human beings are created in the image of God. This means that all of us have surpassing dignity that is sacred and…