You know, sometimes I watch CNN and it seems like the American sky is falling.  Then, I watch this and it reminds me that our country, for the most part, is pretty healthy, strong and blessed. It’s for girls like Maggie that The Amani Life Project exists.  I’m so excited […]

Um…I don’t actually know.  I know that the polls right now are sending a strong signal that we could see a President Obama come November.  However, I remember the polls being dead wrong in so many of the primaries this year and I know that -just like in life – […]

I have a sister.  Actually, I have two sisters and they’re both amazing, but only one is having a birthday today!  She’s my middle sister –  the one in the picture above, enjoying an undoubtedly lukewarm Coca-cola in the 192-degree heat we like to call Port Arthur, Texas, circa 1967. […]

I’m amazed – continually – at the power of words.  Power to tear down or build up, to uproot or plant. While I love many deep theological writers like Lewis and Murray and Chambers,  one of my favorite authors is Theodore Geisel – aka: Dr. Seuss.  Writing in anapestic tetrameter […]

Dear Trader Joe’s Pumpkin Butter, You are wonderful. You are good on toast and biscuits and I would imagine (but wouldn’t know personally of course) you are good when licked straight off the lid.  You are handsome and funny and have an excellent personality.  You are kindhearted and – at […]