For my birthday last week, a friend offered to take me out to lunch. At first, though, I was tempted to say no. It is, after all,...

My church has been using a theme-based approach this year, and this month our theme is Embodiment. This is appropriate for me, since...

I hate being micromanaged. That’s why, in retrospect, I should have realized from the start that diets wouldn’t work for me. It also...

Mother’s Day is often a challenging time for me, but this year it’s even a little stranger. Not only is it my 17th such holiday without...

I recently watched the movie The Founder, the story of Ray Kroc, who took over the McDonald’s franchise and planted the seeds for it to...

I recently attended a work conference that included dinner cruise, and at first I really wasn't looking forward to it, at least in part...

I never used to like asparagus. In fact, that’s putting it mildly – I hated asparagus. I liked a lot of other vegetables, such as...

A friend of mine and I went out to dinner last week at a restaurant I hadn’t been to in a few years, but I remembered they had good...

In a recent book column review, Charles de Lint, who’s written some of my favorite stories, asks a very good question in relation to the...

Note: Any political views expressed here are mine alone. I’ve been thinking a lot about the recent budget proposed by the president,...