Making the Mundane Extraordinary

There are times when I identify way more with Walter Mitty than I care to admit. Specifically, I am talking about the 2013 film version starring Ben Stiller for the way the movie removes the hen-pecked spouse angle and imbues James Thurber’s original short story with...

Creating a Space for Their Art

As a creative person, I find other people’s creativity a wonderful well of inspiration from which to draw. I love to hear from other people regarding their creative journeys—their struggles, their celebrations, their newest artistic pursuits. That’s why I count myself...

They Boldly Go Their Ways

Do you remember the words from the original Star Trek series, the ones spoken in the opening sequence of the Enterprise shooting through a galaxy of stars? It was the mission of the starship: “Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship...

They Are Slivers of Light

The other day I read a post from singer/songwriter JJ Heller that resonated with me. It was fairly short, but its point definitely hit home. Her first words spoke to the sense of fear and anxiety life too often stirs in us: “There are and always will be things and...

My Genius—Admonished & Admired

In my experience with teenagers, which includes teaching college freshmen and high school seniors, a short stint as an interim youth minister, and now raising up my two girls, I’m just going to go ahead and say it: if a teenager ever refers to you as a genius without...