How Things Shake Out
“Are you happy with how things shook out?” he asked me.
We Wanted the Entire World
Someone would pass a six-pack of cold root beer up and all of us would lounge in a circle and talk about nothing, and it felt like everything.
Missing Mr. Feeny
It felt like I was coming face to face with someone I’ve known my whole life: a trusted confidant, a wise neighbor and teacher and principal and professor.
Two Verses for Teachers
Glory be to God for finished things—
Wonder Woman: A Review
I’ve never gone to a movie theater with the bar of expectations so low as I did for Wonder Woman.
Congratulations on What Matters
I remember my high school’s Friday morning chapel as uninspiring, but it seemed like everyone wanted to take part in the Class of 2010’s “senior chapel.”
Conquer the Entire World
Ah crap. I suddenly became very aware of my shortcomings: namely, my lack of any credentials at all.
On Strong, Badass Women
2. Gwen Stefani (No Doubt)
15 Things I Learned from my Father
11. Marry someone who isn’t afraid to challenge you and then write them love poems. Kiss them in front of your kids even if they pretend they don’t like it.
I Sing the Body Collective
At some level, isn’t that what individualism is all about? Being the hero. Saving the day. Who watches Han Solo blow up TIE fighters, and then decides he’d rather be the air traffic controller who directs X-wings to Yavin IV?
