The Barbershop

The saddest pair of words in the English language is the phrase never again.

To truly listen to locks requires the love of a locksmith.

When the scoreboard lit up at my son’s game yesterday, it felt like a small miracle.

So many before me have made this crossing. So many died for control of these waters.

Make sourdough: as an act of love for your body and your friends and family, and as a remedy against the ills of non-embodied life.

There is no substitute for long-term volunteer commitments.

Maybe my reading taste buds are dull. Maybe I’m in a lazy slump. Do I need more books? More appealing choices? Am I even asking the right question?

What if instead of nuclear power plants and radioactive waste to dispose of we just consumed less electricity?

God has gifted me with great friendships, but my friendship with Dave and others like him has uniquely oriented my life.

China has gone through staggering economic growth and urbanization in the past few decades, and Starbucks has been along for the ride.

One recent morning I realized something I should have noticed years ago, namely that for much of my life the extrovert in me has been selling out the introvert

The more I came to know my students, the more the songs I formerly despised emptied themselves of their triteness. They became, in their own way, sacred.