Solomon’s Choice: How the Ancient Story Speaks to Parental Alienation Syndrome Today
Two prostitutes came before King Solomon with a strange story. One said, “We live in the same house. We both gave birth around the same time. But during the night …
Myers, Briggs, and Me :)
Disclaimer for lovers of MB: Please don’t be mad at me. I’m just having a little fun. I avoided taking the Myers-Briggs assessment for ten years and felt a little …
Dear Tommy: You didn’t leave us, we left you.
In conversation with a young adult I’ll call Sophie, we talked about the suicide of a friend of hers I’ll call Tommy. “He was the life of the party!” Sophie …
The Value of Life
While the world still mourns the death of 17 students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in my home state of Florida, Easter comes. Easter with its images of a …
Self-Care or Self-Giving? Or Both?
Self-care is everywhere we look these days—images of tanned, beautiful bodies in cross-legged yoga bliss; blogs about taking time to unwind written by the overextended; day spas and smoothie bars …
Leaving Philly, Loving Orlando
I used to blog each month, but I fell off the wagon. I suppose I got too busy with life to be writing about it all the time! But I …
Announcement–We’re Moving!
It’s time I made this announcement, even though I’d rather deny it. We’ve lived in Philadelphia for 15 years this December. We moved into 1103 Cromwell Road, Wyndmoor (a suburb) …
Stalking the Wild iPhone
When my dog Fred and I stepped into the park for an evening stroll last night, I noticed the pocket where I’d stuck my iPhone had gone empty. Don’t panic …
Clifford and Colleen Find Love
It had been a rewarding but exhausting week at one of those events where my time neatly split between talking to large audiences and listening to one-souled audiences. After …
“The Vote”: What Would Mary Say?
. . . because we know she wouldn’t be allowed to vote. From private, locked-away meetings to wide-open social media forums, the 7th day Adventist Church has wrung out this …