Attention all writers and wannabe writers: Today is the best possible day to write something great! Yes, the world is a mess. But the world has always been a mess. (Since the Fall, anyway.) Take my friend William Shakespeare as an example. In 1606, an…
How am I to reconcile the beautiful promise of Easter with the ugly reality of COVID-19?
Is it my imagination, or are people somehow friendlier these days? Has this present darkness, which throws such a long and fearsome shadow, somehow worked to make us more compassionate toward one another? Well, you be the judge. I went into Lowe’s…
Bad as it is, I’m convinced the coronavirus can produce some good and lasting changes among us, if only we’re willing to learn. On a recent trip to Wannamaker Park we saw lots of people out and about, picnicking, riding bikes and playing with…