October 5, 2025 What does it mean to live a life of purpose?  For those who are fortunate enough to be confronted with this question, the answer could differ greatly from person to person.  It feels like we were supposed to address it while sitting down with our high school guidance counselor to figure out…

September 21, 2025 Happiness, like being in love, can be difficult to define– if someone were to ask us to describe it, we would sound ridiculous, fumbling our way through one whimsical cliché after another: “it’s magical, it’s like my soul is getting a hug, it’s electric, it’s….well, it’s an indescribable feeling and it’s just…

September 7, 2025 “Hand it over” is such a haunting phrase, isn’t it?  Without any context, these three words can evoke a complicated storm of emotional unease and distress.  While the actual words themselves imply that we are in possession of something we’re not supposed to have, the domineering tone seems to be innately responsible…

August 24, 2025 Have you ever met anyone who was condescending toward creative types and artists?  And by artists I’m not talking about Matisse or Beyoncé, but that weirdo nephew who is just wasting his time playing guitar in the basement; or the neighbor’s 8-year old daughter who just can’t sit still or keep her…

August 17, 2025 A little while ago I was perusing the Youth Nonfiction aisle of the local library with my 9-year-old, when we realized that most of the books, particularly the series, seemed to focus heavily on violence and war.  He was starting to get into reading longer chapter books, and while I don’t want…