With Jubilee just a little more than 24 hours away, it’s easy to say, “Ready or not, it’s here!” However, in these final hours, there are still some things we can consider as we plan to make the most of our Jubilee experience.
Here’s a top ten list of things to do to prepare. Most of [...]

One curse of the twenty-something (and I can say this candidly because I still have three months till I’m thirty) is that we have strong opinions about life (well, about almost everything really), but we lack the experiences that truly test the realities we assert. We make great claims (often based on things we’ve read [...]

I met with a college student earlier this week who shared her struggle about an important decision she has to make on Friday night: should she drink with friends before going to the music concert, should she hang out and have one drink, should she spend time with everyone beforehand but not drink at all, [...]

While vacationing at the New Jersey shore one year, my father suggested we take a day trip to a nearby botanical garden. A bit skeptical at first (Jersey offers botanical gardens?) the rest of my family eventually acquiesced. We’re so glad we did. While rolling through paths of exquisite and brilliant flowers and trees, [...]

One of my favorite novels is Gilead by Marilynne Robinson. Set in the 1950s on an Iowa prairie plain, it’s a story in the form of letters penned by the seventy-six year old Reverend John Ames to his very young son. When the minister discovers he’s dying, he begins to write about the things he [...]

The three things I remember most from my 9th grade English class are1) the day our 6 ft tall teacher came to our conservative catholic school in a cow costume (it was totally rebellious for her and hilarious for us!), 2) the day she talked about beer and kegs during her lesson on short stories, [...]