Angelina Jolie's movie, "Unbroken," pulls no punches in showing the savagery inflicted on Louis Zamperini, but she also took great pains to create a loving testament to his courage and character. (more…)
Grass, like everything that is great and important in this world, grows at night. In silence. Without anyone seeing it. Think about this the next time you mow your lawn or feel mowed down by life. (more…)
I know what it's like to wake up around 4:00am feeling "soul sick" with anxiety. Its an irrational feeling that I'm going to fail or I forgot to do some vital thing the day before or there is so much to do today that I'll never do it all. (more…)
Lorie confided in me that a medical condition had driven her to living a life "of passionate urgency." She partied hard in the bar scene, suffered through abusive relationships with boyfriends, traveled solo to Australia and jumped out of planes. Lorie visited mosques, because she was part Arabic, to find something she couldn't quite put her finger on. (more…)
Cellist, Denys Karachevtsev, sits on a stool in the road in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv. You’ve probably seen or heard the sombre Bach melody he chose to play. Music in the sound of defiance in the midst of chaos. (more…)
The TED conference in Vancouver drew lots of attention. Bill Gates was the featured speaker. Yes, that Bill Gates, the one who is the voodoo doll of COVID conspiracies. (more…)
The world you entered will never be the same as the world you left. Johnny Cash said it. Peter Kozak lived it. Peter left this world on April 8, 2022, and our lives are better for him living here. (more…)
Robert Fulghum wrote a bestseller in 1989 called, All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten. Fulghum got me thinking about where many people like me had their first introduction to Easter - in a Sunday School class. (more…)