As one who comes from the Church, I have to defend Rob Bell a lot - from others within the Church. Rarely because of anything they have read or seen him say directly. But, rather, someone they respect has cried "heretic" at Bell and his teachings at some point in...

My friends in college who were Communication majors never went to school to become that. They were all drop-outs of their originally intended program. It was a fall-back plan.Looking back, I'm not sure why I found it so funny. I think it's because I didn't understand what you did with...

I went to a conference the other day - full of strangers. I didn't know who the speakers were or what they looked like. And when I arrived, the conference speakers were sitting in seats along with all of the rest of us, chatting with the attendees. This was a problem.I...

Why do poor criminals always run? These guys have committed the least serious crimes in the entire legal system. And yet, they always end up running.My first thought is that perhaps it's because they grew up watching the television show, "Cops." That show has created the expectation that robbers run.Yet,...

It's interesting what you miss when you listen to music written in a different time/context than yours.I always thought that the Beatles song and lyric, "Can't Buy Me Love", was simply an example of bad grammar. Not knowing that calling a girl, "Love", for example, "C'mere, love." is common parlance in...

How many times have you received an e-mail like this in the last 10 years? The idea that, to avoid some sort of federal investigation, Bill Gates has to give away a certain amount of money to Microsoft users. And to be automatically put on the recipient list, you just have to...

"You must not presume a position of authority. You must be placed there."This has been my favorite "quote" for years now. Not only out of arrogance, since it comes from me, but because of how badly I need to be reminded of it. In fact, I've had four posts about...

Kirsten Jackson is a single mother with diabetes, struggling to make ends meet, living in Des Moines, Iowa.Ianis Holcomb is a single mother with diabetes, struggling to make ends meet, living in Wroclaw, Poland.3 Questions. Who do you empathize with the most? Do you feel a moral responsibility to help either situation? And...

Ok, now let's flip the shoe (or heel) and talk about women today. I saw a great tweet, paraphrased, "If you want to see what Jennifer Aniston will look like when she gets old...go see that new movie she's in."Pretty funny, right? It's also pretty true. Aniston is now 41...

What makes a man? More specifically, when you think of a "man", who do you think of? Some may jump to the most famous of men, movie actors, with Brad Pitt and George Clooney instantly coming to mind.And others may quickly scoff at the notion that those metrosexuals even constitute...