A fascinating article here on the brain - and how our multiple-choice world causes something called "decision fatigue:" Decision fatigue helps explain why ordinarily sensible people get angry at colleagues and families, splurge on clothes, buy junk food at the supermarket and can’t resist the dealer’s offer to rustproof their new ... Continue

... unless you are ready for something amazing to happen. To use the phrase actors use, I "went up" during our class session Sunday. I was trying to express a thought, but words would not come out. A bit overcome with emotion, I think. Now granted, I will cry at the ... Continue

We have great children. I could stop right there. But we really do. They are a blessing and a reward, just as the Bible says. One of them got some big news this week. I will let her tell you about it. Click here for the story. Continue

We wrap up the class year on Sunday looking at Laodicea and perhaps the most famous verse in Jesus' letters to the seven churches. When you were growing up, did you have this picture on a wall in your Sunday School classroom? We did - but did you know that the work ... Continue

Had a couple of responses to the David Brooks article I mentioned in class last week  - here's the quote that caught my eye: In a community, behavior sets off ripples. Every decision is a public contribution or a destructive act. He's talking about what we used to call "keeping up with ... Continue