My friend slash mentor slash former coworker, Chris, pointed me a few days ago to an interesting article on Relevant, titled “Is This God’s Voice or Mine?” The title alone compelled me. I know I’ve found myself wondering if some thought I’m having, esp …
My, how the mind wanders when it ought to be working on homework. Mine has wandered now to two conversations I had — one, several months ago with Liam, my brother-in-law, and another several weeks later with my good friend and seminarian, Brad. I aske …
We’ve heard it all before. Today’s 20-somethings are failing to reach the traditional marks of adulthood: marriage, children, gainful employment, home ownership. The median age at first marriage is now 26 for women and 28 for men — five years higher th …
I find myself these days in my third semester of grad school. I wasn’t sure at the beginning of the week if I was ready for the semester to start. Summer flew by. I was only beginning to get used to the lazier schedule. But after having attended my fir …
The other day I posted some of C.S. Lewis’ thoughts on “The Dangers of Friendship” from The Four Loves. But of course, friendship is meant to be a blessing, and he had a lot to say about that in the same book. Lewis celebrated the freedom of friendship …
One of the things that’s so valuable about C.S. Lewis is his knack for warning us against spiritual dangers that we’re apt not to notice. Case in point: Last night, while leafing through a book of his quotes, I came across some from The Four Loves unde …
The various effects technology has on us and our understanding of what it means to be human — now there’s a topic I find endlessly fascinating. Which was why I was delighted that my sister, Jenni, and her husband, Liam, both independent of one another …
Last week you probably heard about Steven Slater, the JetBlue flight attendant who had a public meltdown after a stressful flight. The debacle included Slater firing off a round of obscenities, grabbing a couple of beers and sliding down the emergency …
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