Point of View

Put that down!  If you’re reading this while driving, you should wait until you’ve come to a complete stop. Any use of a remote device while driving has just raised your odds of calamity by a factor of 4x. You may be willing to take that risk… but, have you asked the soccer mom driving

It’s called “America’s Pastime,” and it commands more attention each year than any other sport (the Major Leagues play 162 games in their season). Because of baseball, Cooperstown has been named “America’s Hometown;” host city to baseball’s Hall of Fame. What’s more universal and influential than baseball? It’s motherhood, and it’s our national focus next

Last Monday’s Point of View was my Easter message. You’ve probably heard a number of those epic recountings of the “shot heard ‘round the world:” the after-effects of the Resurrection are the basis for the Christian faith. Granted: my spin was on the day-after, but it hit your inbox about the same time that the

What just happened? If you’re distracted by mundane minutia, you might have missed the significance of a once-in-forever happening. If you’ve got a big-big-picture perspective, it’s the greatest shock-and-awe happening of all time. “Epic” doesn’t begin to describe it. How are you processing it? This is a really, really important Point of View, but I

It’s an old Scottish saying, widely repeated: Confession is good for the soul. That’s validated in practice, constantly. Denial of the truth is toxic; admission of what’s real is life-giving. Allow me to practice that for a few minutes while the two of us have this encounter: I really like the benefits of being privileged.

Too often, words fail us. Complex subjects often cannot be summarized in a few words. Most people have an active vocabulary of 20,000+ words at their disposal, but modern life values brevity over clarity. Here’s an example: human lifespan – the most valuable asset ever entrusted to anyone – is routinely defined by three seasonal