I bet at least once a day you are asked: How are you, today? Depending on how you are actually  feeling and whose asking, the response...

We are in the heat of Olympic fervor. The final days of Gold Medal moments are a upon us. Fans aren’t holding back who back they...

“You say potato, I say po-TAH-to. You say tomato, I say to-MAH-to. Let’s call the whole thing off.” These clever lyrics worked on the big...

As the first week of the Summer Olympics in Paris are underway, all eyes are glued on the medal count score board as the best athletes in...

A police officer jumped into his squad car and called the station. “I have an interesting case here,” he said. “A woman shot her husband...

“Welcome to church. May I take your order, please. Yes, I would like: one prayer, one song, one sermon. How would you like that? Short,...

It’s the Fourth of July weekend, a time when many celebrate freedom—freedom from King George, freedom to march, freedom to speak, freedom...

We all know Charles Schultz, the creator of the beloved “Peanuts” cartoon characters—chief among, Charlie Brown, the baseball team...

I woke up this morning to my first sunflower of the season. It towers ten feet. The petals are fearfully and wonderfully made—even the...

I had a conversation with a librarian. In our conversation, she asked me, “Why don’t black men take care of their children?”—another...

An atheist was walking through the woods one day, admiring all creation. Not long into his walk, he heard a rustling in the tall grass. ...

Recently, I was both saddened and gladden by the news of the death from natural causes of a suffering saint at the nursing home where I...

In 1971, Memorial Day became a national holiday by an act of Congress; it is now celebrated on the last Monday in May to honor those who...

Next Sunday is Mother’s Day. Many will receive cards. Mother's Day is the third-largest card-sending holiday in the United States, with...

We are in the graduation season. For the next two months, many dreamers will move one more step closer to reaching their dreams—a degree,...

What does an O-ring, a piece of foam, and a stick of incense have in common? On their own, they are small and innocuous. But when mixed...

More than 31 million people witnessed the spectacle called Totality--the four minutes when the moon totality blocked the sun as the sun...

Happy post-Easter. I hope all your expectations were met. Easter—, like most holidays—come with their own expectations. Some people...

A true story: Grieving sisters in Oviedo, Spain, were all dressed up and ready to go to their beloved brother’s funeral, but they got a...

We have a pre-Easter crowd this morning on Palm Sunday—the final Sunday of Lent. I say crowd because as the saying goes: “Two’s company,...