The Kicker

Confession: Iโ€™m not a soccer fan. Iโ€™m not against it. I just donโ€™t follow it. Maybe Iโ€™d like it better if they made the goal twice the size and made the goalie play on his knees? Until recently I thought the World Cup had something to do with an alcoholic beverage containing ingredients from around …

Eyes Wide Open

Once, when Jesus brought his disciples into Samaritan territory, he challenged their age-old prejudice. He told them, โ€œOpen your eyes,โ€ so they would be able to see a great spiritual harvest among these loathed people. Later, when framing the socio-geographical extent of their mission, he included Samaria along with Jerusalem, Judea, and the ends of …

Making My Mind, Mind

Have you read my memoir? Here's a piece of it from the chapter called "Making My Mind, Mind." Though I could not completely avoid the nagging voices of depression and despair, I began to block this โ€œstinking thinkingโ€ by trying to โ€œfix [my] thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and …