The Lumber of Our Lives

March 13, 2013

One of the best books I have read in a long, long time is Frederick Buechner’s Secrets in the Dark, which …

The Wisdom Curriculum

January 26, 2013

A colleague of mine recently asked me what books have contributed to my pursuit of wisdom and virtue, and asked …

January 10, 2013

It has been almost two decades of war, with countless lives, money and resources irreparably lost. The nation is torn …

January 6, 2013

I am in Hollywood heaven now, for two of my favorite stories, Les Miserables and The Hobbit, stories I have read multiple times …

December 23, 2012

Every year, I keep a list of the books I read throughout the year so that, when I look back, …

December 2, 2012

I have been reading Doris Kerns Goodwin’s book, Team of Rivals, and saw Steven Spielberg’s movie, Lincoln (which is now …

November 20, 2012

In John Milton’s Paradise Lost there is a point where Satan, thinking through how he is going to tempt Adam and …