Trending in America: Do our favorite news stories reflect our priorities?

I ran across one of those cool “toys” on Facebook a while back that collected all of my status updates and turned them into one neat collage. It was quite a funny picture; looking through my updates for the year gave me a pretty good idea of where my priorities rested in 2010. I have […]

Mockingbird Monday:Teaching our children accountability

I have a chapter in my book The Mockingbird Parables that looks at the literary character Atticus Finch as a role model for parenting. Not only is he renowned for his courage and moral stands against racism and injustice, but when you take a close look at him in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird […]

Friday’s Five Good Answers: Conversation with a Thoughtful Agnostic

It is unusual for most people (including myself) to take the opportunity to engage in genuine dialogue with those who have completely different world views. I find that we too often do not make the effort to truly listen to the perspectives of others. I have also discovered that many folks outside of ourtradition are […]