People Perspective

You just never know…
A few years ago, as a college sophomore, I had lunch with a couple of my elementary school teachers. It was a surreal experience; teachers are people we never really get the chance to understand or appreciate. One of them I adored as a child. The other, a former nun, I generally [...]

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Nothing says “Christmas!” like your face

Now, what’s the meaning of the season, again?
Ahh, the Christmas cards. As early as last week, they began arriving in droves, wrapped in brightly colored envelopes and embellished with gold and glitter. Almost all of them featured a photo of the sending family on the cover. I never thought much of it until today, when a [...]

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Re-Gifting

“…Thank you for a voice to sing, ears to hear the music, each other, and your words … This season, we return these gifts to you in thanks…”
Those words were part of a prayer spoken by the music director at church last Sunday, as he led a full orchestra and choir through a beautiful service [...]

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Coffee Shop Characters

The middle school across the street just let out. The outside tables are flooded with apathetic-looking teenagers, obviously too young to be smoking the cigarettes freckling their fingers. Silver chains, torn t-shirts, mismatched colors and furry snow boots dress the dissenters. Some of the boys have patches of skeletons pinned to their backpacks. In their [...]

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The Importance of Risk

I believe that we were designed to take risks. If we live our entire lives quietly in the strict confines of someone else’s rules and establishments, what do we ever truly experience? Residing in the boundaries we know means that we learn nothing for ourselves. It means that we have completely trusted what others have [...]

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