We are surrounded by excellence with one glaring exception - our public discourse is filled with ignorance, incivility, error, and emotion.

Our society has shifted to a moral system that justifies reparations to the descendants of not slaves, but slaveholders.

Shame drives behavior underground, creates taboos, and does little to address root causes. Plus it's a cop-out.

Instances of Failure to Launch are increasing. What lessons might we learn from an ancient culture?

Water Canyon was the site of our first "siblings" rappelling trip, a beautiful place to laugh together and strengthen relationships.

Is Lincoln's declaration, "if destruction be our lot we must ourselves be its author and finisher," relevant in our day?

Our family took Gary Chapman's Five Love Languages Quiz and a great discussion ensued.

An encounter with a young neighbor got me thinking about our education system.

Critical theory is compelling because it calls attention to injustice, but fails because its prescription is divisive and totalitarian.