My homemade mashed potatoes are pretty excellent. Sometimes they’re fairly virginal, with just a little butter, a splash of whole milk, some salt and pepper. Other times I’ll bust out the sour cream. Or the blue cheese crumbles. Maybe even a littl…

It’s been said that the purpose of life is to live a life of purpose. Often I think of “purpose” as being similar to “serving” — serving friends, family and even strangers. In this case, I think it’s important to realize that service can be direc…

“Faith is to believe what you do not see. The reward of this faith is to see what you believe.” -Saint Augustine There are so many things that we can’t visualize or touch in life, and they’re usually the things that make us explore emotions that w…

In the evenings, I pass by a house that I refuse to call a home, simply because its location is full of sad memories for me. The lot used to hold a run-down, sad little frame of a house, and one that was in tremendous disrepair. It sat on a genero…

I don’t know how many of you believe in God, but for those of you who do, have you ever felt closer to Him on some days, and less so on others? I have. I don’t know why it seems to go in waves, but for me it feels that way. I can’t think of any ot…

Some days I feel like turning my life upside down. Lately I’ve been noticing just how routine my, well, routine is. I like it and all, since I’ve always been solidly in the creature-of-habit camp. But it’s nearing that “something’s gotta give befo…

One night after work last week, I had to stop by the salon where I buy my shampoo and conditioner. My coif is somewhat particular. As one of the ladies was ringing up my purchase, she said to me, “This is great stuff. Have you ever used it before?…

Not unlike the way we become desensitized to some things we hear about on the news, I find I’ve become desensitized to the number of people on the planet.Then again, I’ve probably never been at a place where I ever really understood how many other…

It’s funny what people do for attention. Bad mouthing, disrespecting, trash-talking.It’s funny that people buy into it. They believe it, they feed off it. It’s funny the people who accept it, who condone it, who perpetuate it, who seemingly ask fo…

It’s so easy to look around and wonder why we don’t have what others have, or why we have some burdens to bear while others seem to skip through life without a care. It’s easy to wonder why we’ve been saddled with a particular task, a duty or an o…