Category Archives: Thoughtfulness

The Good Times Are Now

It’s easy to miss the miracles and blessings. Don’t. I was chatting with a friend earlier today about my recovery from my appendectomy, and they said, “Imagine how bad it would be without modern medicine.” I chuckled painfully and replied, “Without modern medicine I’d be dead. Twice over. Once ten years ago when my gallContinue reading “The Good Times Are Now”

Religion Comes in Many Forms

Studies show that church attendance is declining. Most headlines say, “Americans Are Becoming Less Religious,” but that’s not precisely true. Instead, Americans are increasingly redirecting their religious zeal and ardor elsewhere: For some its sports, which is relatively harmless to everyone except themselves. For many others, their religious faith and zeal is redirected to politicalContinue reading “Religion Comes in Many Forms”

The Dissatisfied American

I subscribed to “The Week Junior,” a weekly newspaper for kids to give my six-year-old son something to read this summer, and give him the opportunity to learn about the broader world. Funny enough, the first issue included a study that confirmed something I’d anecdotally observed through my life abroad: People in impoverished and evenContinue reading “The Dissatisfied American”

What Are We Even Doing?!?

Over the last week I’ve become increasingly mystified and bewildered about some of the pants-on-head insanity of the takes I’m seeing about how terrible and awful Ukraine and Zelenskyy are and how upright and blameless the sweet and noble Russian Federation and Putin are in the current conflict. I don’t know what’s going on, butContinue reading “What Are We Even Doing?!?”