The other day we were having dinner with a friend, and he expressed his frustration over “tip creep,” or the ascent of expected tips at restaurants and other service venues that has taken place in recent years. Fifteen percent used to be the standard t …
As usual, I’m enjoying baseball’s playoffs this year, and not just because my St. Louis Cardinals are in them again. I just love baseball, period. My reasons have a lot to do with sentiment and childhood memories, and I don’t expect everyone to share t …
One of the challenging aspects of Christian dating is when things don’t work out the way we had hoped. Both men and women can quickly slip into excitement and anticipation over a budding, new relationship. But then, it seems, an incalculable number of …
Have you been feeling stuck between life stages, trapped between scrambling and settling? Here are some tips on how to actually settle.
I’m not usually one for making New Year’s resolutions, but when 2012 started I knew I had to do something. I’d been in a bit of a funk the last few months, and I didn’t like it. I’d find myself reacting and over-reacting to certain situations in unheal …
How much do you think television and movies influence what we expect out of our romantic relationships? On one hand, I suspect most reasonable people would probably (or perhaps I should say hopefully) recognize that the way love gets presented in enter …
Ever learned a lesson the hard way? As in you felt really foolish and childish about it? She was my best friend from college, and we both moved to Colorado Springs after we graduated. We had 12 years of friendship between us, five of those as roommates …
In the classic epic poem, The Odyssey, Homer writes of Odysseus, a war hero making his way home to his wife, Penelope, after the Trojan War. While on his journey, Odysseus encounters many dangers he must overcome through both wisdom and prudence to saf …
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