How To Make Friends Like A 7-Year-Old
October 6, 2022My son gets his social skills from his mother’s side of the gene pool. We recently celebrated his 7th birthday party in our local park....Read More
Confessions of a Green-Thumb Wannabe
September 23, 2022I wish I had a green thumb. I wish I had all the plants that Jonathan Orantes has in the background of his welcome segment...Read More
What Really Matters
September 9, 2022Memorial services can be an excellent calibration point for us to remember what really matters in life. Who will make the effort to show up...Read More
The Things Left Unsaid
September 2, 2022I hadn’t seen my father in five years. He wasn’t even in town for the entire week I was back home in South Africa, so...Read More
Mirror, Mirror
August 26, 2022As the eldest of three girls, one of the most common things said to me was, “Set a good example for your baby sisters. They...Read More
Simple and Pure Clarity in a Fog of Confusion
August 19, 2022But I am afraid that, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, your minds will be led astray from the simplicity and purity of...Read More
A Comedian, a Fridge, and a Letter Walk Into a Church…
August 5, 2022This is a story 8 years in the making. It starts in 2014 when I moved into my wife’s apartment after we got married. We...Read More
The Bread of Life
July 21, 2022Therefore they said to Him, “What are we to do, so that we may accomplish the works of God?” Jesus answered and said to them, “This is the...Read More
Five Stars
July 14, 2022Last weekend, my family and I finally got to check out a dim sum restaurant in Chinatown that had been closed for nearly the entire...Read More