I don’t think I’ll ever forget my second day in Maquoketa. My first day was memorable. But my second day was extraordinary. What made it extraordinary was a moment that…
Personally, I can’t think of this scene from Exodus without Mel Brooks. In his movie, “History of the World: Part One,” Mel Brooks walks out onto a mountain dressed as…
I hate to argue with God, but if it was me—I would have done the resurrection differently. If I was staging the whole thing, there would be a bit…
Finally—finally Jesus gives a straight answer. Finally! Finally it has happened, that when someone asks Jesus a question, he actually answers it! That when he is asked a direct question,…
By the time I arrived in Des Moines last Sunday, at my sister’s apartment, I discovered she had already managed to catch the cold that seems to be going around. …
Some people are truly gifted at worrying. My dad has a PhD in worry. I like to tease him that he’s a worrier in search of things to worry about. …
Eons ago, or so it seems to me, I worked for a summer as a chaplain in Methodist Hospital in downtown Des Moines. I think I was 23 at the…
Have you ever stood in front of your fridge, the door wide open, just staring at the contents inside? You’re hungry, but you don’t know what you want to eat. …
Once, when I was living in Boston, I bought a plane ticket to Cleveland to attend a conference. I printed off a copy of my ticket information and kept it…
There are some names worth committing to memory. And for my part, I’d like to remember the name of a judge from Michigan, Judge Rosemarie Aquilina. Judge Aquilina is currently…