The whole notion of a high priest is so foreign to we egalitarian Americans and moderns. We are centuries removed from a time when hierarchy and royalty were the norm. But it's helpful to remember that, for the vast majority of Christians who have ever lived, the notion of...
Socrates sees the wisdom in living a wakeful life when he says "The unexamining life is not worth living for a human being." Notice the continual action implied in the original. This wisdom, planted in we humans by our loving Creator, is simply obvious but continually difficult. Our experiences, relationships,...
I was a nervous wreck! A 15 year old teenager with his best buddies were sneaking into a movie theater without paying! I can hear the voice of my mother in my head "Young man, you carry your family name. That should make you think twice about doing things...
I've heard this so many times: Why can't I find love? What's wrong with me? The expectations of some fairy tale notions wound us and wound our children. And that, dearest, is precisely the evil one's intentions. Because the end result of these fantasies is the depressing lie that...
"Early is on time. On Time is late. Late is unacceptable!" These were my words, but they were coming out of my daughter's mouth! She was giving a friend of her's a hard time about being late to dance practice. We don't "do" "Greek time" or "Country time" or...
Well, the truth is I was worried (OK, actually worried and scared). I had never faced anything like this before and all I had ever heard was this situation was serious. And it was. But as I stood there waiting to face the music I so dreaded, I noticed...
It scared me to death! I was convinced something was lurking in the dark in my room, and I wasn't about to shut my eyes! After all, it was only my constant vigilance and watchfulness that was keeping whatever was "out there" away from me, right? Imagine my surprise...
My daughter sits in front with me in the car many times as I drive. And she is old enough now to notice that daddy sometimes has a challenge with patience with other drivers! She's learned my "triggers." Well, yesterday, she looked over at me when a person in...
There's one sure way for any politician to get an applause line in a stump speech. All he or she has to do is say "I support our troops!" And rightly so. The brave men and women who serve in our military perform a vital function in the preservation...
The old saying is "You can pick your friends, but you're stuck with your relatives." Oh the volumes that have been written about dysfunctional families! Family dynamics is one of the most interesting aspects of psychology to me because when I look at my own family I see a...
