Where I live it is not uncommon to lose electricity to blizzards, thunderstorms, or high winds. Our electrical lines are above ground, and all it takes is one fallen tree […]
The YA fiction writer John Green redeemed nerdiness for us all. He said that a nerd is simply someone who gets excited about things. I wish I’d known that 30 […]
Beyoncé has a song with lyrics (which I’m taking out of context): “Some call it arrogant, I call it confident.” It being one of my theme songs, I often reflect […]
In the initial story of happiness, choices, and paradise lost, Adam and Eve lived in the Garden of Eden. They didn’t have to work or worry about what to wear. […]
Before a backpacking trip, I lay out everything I’d like to take on the floor. Clothes, food, water purification system, first aid kit… Then I start to take things away. […]
In the Holiness/Pentecostal tradition in which I grew up, we were trained to not ask fundamental questions. The sacrilege of scrutinizing our faith and dissecting our religious tradition was peppered […]
