Alex Haley introduced me to racism. — There is separation of colored people from white people in the United States. That separation is not a disease of colored people. It is a disease of white people. I do not intend to be quiet about it. — Albert Einstein Albert shared these words during his commencement speech at…

The view from the other side can help you too. — The idea of the midlife crisis did not begin until 1957 when Canadian, Elliott Jaques, read one of his papers to the British Psycho-Analytical Society. It declared that the catalyst for this event was when people came to grips with their mortality and that their lives were half over. This…

The USA is not God’s favorite country (and other truths I’ve learned as an adult). — I grew up in a White, middle-class, conservative, Christian home in the Mountains of Western North Carolina. After high school, I attended an ultra-conservative Bible College. After graduation, I worked for 18 years as the full-time youth minister at two conservative Middle TN churches. My life changed in 2007 when…

Sometimes our prayers are answered in ways we do not like. — People pray to Higher Powers in all kinds of circumstances. Students pray in the classroom before they take an exam. Fans pray in the stadium before a kicker attempts a game-winning field goal. Basketball players pray at the foul line before attempting a free throw. Humans pray anytime they are…

Four reasons why I never want to drive a school bus again. — I heard a scream from the back of the bus! Little Eddy comes running up the aisle screaming, “Junior did it! Junior did it! Junior did it!” It was my first day driving a school bus for the county where I lived. …

I wasn’t even five years old. I watched a children’s television show about this caterpillar that struggled with life and wasn’t satisfied with his status. He eventually turned into a butterfly and flew away. Instead of being happy for him, I was heartbroken because I would never see him again.” …

It is better to act than to react. — This morning I created a mountain out of not even a molehill. I made a mountain out of nothing! I’m speaking figuratively, of course. I don’t have that kind of power. I allowed someone to anger me. People were already in the discussion when I joined an optional online work…

Here is one diagnosis for the symptom of an over-heated attitude. — I stink at maintenance. The key word in maintenance is “maintain.” I do not maintain things very well. I struggle to pick up after myself. I do not put things away where I found them after each use. …

An elementary school life lesson — In elementary school, I was having some problems with my bunghole itching. My parents took me to the Doctor, and as he examined my backside, he said, “Looks like we got a little hemorrhoidal tag down there.” Who is this “we?” Does he have one too? A hemorrhoidal tag? What…