Speaking with a neighbor the other day, I envied news of his beach home in North Carolina’s Outer Banks. Until, that is, he confessed with a sigh, “Most summers we find it difficult to…

A lot of people go for a walk or run to decompress, to blow off steam, to regroup. I’ve been doing that of late as well, but with a twist: Instead of spending the…

Several years ago, at the absolute depths of my personal crisis, a horrendous and hideous thought suddenly occurred to me: What if there is no God? What if this entire existence is … meaningless?…

Today is my 47th birthday and to celebrate I want to share with you three gifts that have made a big difference in my life and perhaps will in yours as well. The first…

In a classic scene from “Young Frankenstein,” Igor is dispatched to snatch from a laboratory the brain of a recently deceased genius as the final ingredient in Dr. Frankenstein’s reanimation project. Brought to life,…

My first childhood hero was an agent on the popular television program, “The FBI.” Despite getting shot every week or two, he never complained and always managed to get the bad guy. Alas, a tour…