Devotions

I spent most of high school trying to define who I was. At various times I tried to fit in with the sports, popular, nerd, geek, stoner, and music crowds, constantly jumping from one thing to the next to "find myself." To one degree or another, I think that's pretty...

Years ago I read the book The Big Short by Michael Lewis (which inspired the movie). The book is a re-telling of the causes and events leading up to the subprime mortgage crisis, which eventually led to the 2008 global economic crisis. While the whole subprime...

I went through this stage of life where my body periodically decided breathing was an optional biological function. My lungs would jet off to Hawaii for the weekend, and I'd get to have a nice little party at the local hospital. During one of these lovely episodes...

For many centuries, between the writing of the New Testament and the Reformation, there were two spheres of life: religious and secular. Religious tasks were, more or less, solely the duty of the clergy. Most people could not even participate in communion or read the...