Our Comfort Crisis: The Lack of Struggle is Real

Our Comfort Crisis: The Lack of Struggle is Real

The first month of 2024 is almost over, and many prognosticators say the coming year will be challenging. Predictions of war, disease and economic instability abound. And with 2024 being a major election year, we are already seeing dire predictions of doom and gloom...
The Gift of Joy

The Gift of Joy

It’s Christmastime again, and among all the gifts given and received, the one thing that most people want, at least according to the National Institute of Health, is happiness, joy (read more).
Resolution

Resolution

It was shortly after midnight, January 1st, and I was sitting in a crowded pub with my wife and three sons. The band was blaring out something that I couldn’t catch; there was too much horn in the mix, and I had had too many Manhattans. As the obligatory exchange of...