Cars and chromosomes
THERE WAS A time when people did not talk about these things, but I am not ashamed to admit that I have a male chromosome disorder.…
Tempted to take the biscuit
THE PROBLEM with knee-jerk reactions is that you can end up looking like a jerk when the rest of the story is revealed. As I observed…
A Kodak moment or a kangaroo court?
THERE IS something rather appropriate about a kangaroo serving as an object lesson in not jumping to conclusions. Perhaps, like me, you “aahed” when you first…
3-D defensiveness
EVER SINCE THE Garden of Eden, we’ve been trying to avoid being exposed in our wrongdoing, one way or another. It’s sort of the default setting…
Making strides
The best thing about being married to a smart, caring counselor is that she understands me. And the worst thing? That she understands me. That doesn’t…
All the best (of my year)
Too many “Best of the Year” round-ups make me feel guilty or overwhelmed: oh no, here’s something else I have to know, do, read, make, watch.…
Christmas is hope in the ruins
I AM HAUNTED this Christmas not by one of Charles Dickens’ ghosts, but by a little boy I never knew. Though we did not meet, he…
Putting that goodwill to all thing to the test
There is nothing like a game of Monopoly to help you see loved ones in a new light—though sometimes it takes the clarity of hindsight. For…
Immanuel, not a manual
I was inspired by Charles Sheldon’s classic In His Steps long before the book spawned the WWJD (What Would Jesus Do?) craze of the 1990s. Part…
Baffled in Bethlehem
It’s time to break out the bath salts and the old robes—we’re gearing up for the annual Christmas nativity, when little ones stand around in varying…
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