Last time I was here in Nashville, I met this musician who told me how he usually doesn’t get done with work until 2 or 3 in the morning, but he’s always up at 7am, wide awake and ready to “git it.” I listened to him with roiling envy inside. I […]
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Rap Music’s Top Contributions to the English Language
Now, I love rap music. I mean, I really love it. Part of me feels that as a husband and father approaching 30, I ought to “grow up” and change my taste in music. I listen to lots of other stuff as well, country, rock and crazy ’70s dance music […]
4 money lessons from a 5th grader
I don’t remember much of what I learned in grade 5. I forget long division and can’t recall the mating habits of Sockeye Salmon. However, I do remember a lesson I learned during recess. It’s a key skill that still serves me well today: namely, that if you have money, […]
Converging the week: Terrorism, Justin Trudeau, and Jane Austen
Terrorism continues to be on the minds of North Americans this week – north and south of the border. First there was the Boston Marathon bombing last week, and this week there was the foiled plot to derail a VIA train in Toronto. Terrorism, for whatever reason, invokes a certain […]
It’s Not as Simple as Murder: Thoughts on Abortion
This is a guest post from our friend Kristi Scott. She lives, works, writes and activist-izes in Los Angeles, Ca. — Note: I wrote this a week ago. Like most controversial posts I write, I was reluctant to post it. I write what’s on my heart and it scares me […]
How to Hurt Friends and Make People Hate You
Let a righteous man strike me–it is a kindness. (Psalm 141.5) Wounds from a friend can be trusted, but an enemy multiplies kisses. (Proverbs 27.6) Recently, I was helping my sister babysit a couple of kids. We built towers and walls out of cardboard blocks, which was fun. Then we […]