Oct 22, 2022Don’t Judge a Book By Its Cover: The Spiritual Deception of the Greatest Salesman in the World“Wealth, my son, should never be your goal in life…True wealth is of the heart, not of the purse” (19). We have all heard the old adage: don’t judge a book by its cover. No book better exemplifies this message than Og Mandino’s perenniel classic The Greatest Salesman in the…Spirituality7 min readSpirituality7 min read
Sep 24, 2022Jesus Died For Our Sins: What Exactly Does that Mean?What does it actually mean that Jesus died for our sins? It is a phrase that is said all the time, but how many of us know the true meaning of these words. To understand the meaning behind Jesus’s sacrifice on the cross, and what people mean when they say…Religion7 min readReligion7 min read
Dec 5, 2021The Neuroses of Dr. Paper (A Short Story About Being a Freud)“Neurosis is the inability to tolerate ambiguity.” ~Sigmund Freud PROLOGUE — “The Bookend” — — — — — — — — — — — — — — Peering over her stylish brown Liz Claiborne frames, the doctor’s penetrating green eyes looked past the crying patient in front of her, who…Short Story21 min readShort Story21 min read
Sep 27, 2021“Day Trader”“Though man loved his fellow [man], yet man is a money-making animal, which propensity too often interferes with his benevolence.” ~ Herman Melville, Moby Dick I can’t remember if the weather was bad that day or if my memory of the event is just foggy. What I can recall is…Short Story25 min readShort Story25 min read
Aug 15, 2021The War to be Heard: A (Short) Epic About WritingPrologue A writer’s life is a lonely one — so much time is spent in solitude — apart from the outside world. Hours are consumed by days, and just as quickly days are gobbled up by months. Holidays and full moons sit like food crumbs on time’s cold, hungry lips. …Writing9 min readWriting9 min read
Jun 23, 2021“Professor R. Guile’s Class”“Okay, Professor! We’re coming down!” I heard a student shout from the second floor window, just above me, as I was entering the Hamilton building for my three o’clock class. I then turned to look in the direction the bespectacled student was shouting. I saw a man in his early…Fiction35 min readFiction35 min read
Jun 16, 2021A Depth that’s Hard to Fathom: The Old Man and the Sea as a Story about the Craft of Writing[*Spoiler Alert: If you have not read The Old Man and the Sea, and do not wish to know the ending, stop reading now.] The Old Man and the Sea is a deceptively simple story about an old fisherman named Santiago, who has had a long string of bad luck…Writing5 min readWriting5 min read
May 26, 2021Begging for Change (A Short Story About Misreading the Signs of Poverty)Were his teeth missing or were they just stained? If it was the latter, they were the darkest brown imaginable. It was also difficult to tell where his bushy beard ended, and where the mat of his salt and pepper chest hair began. …Short Story4 min readShort Story4 min read
May 25, 2021I Am Not Yet Awake: A Short Story About DreamingI am up, but I am not yet awake. The sun has yet to rise; the night still lurks in the shadows. If it weren’t for the bird chirping in the distance, there would be no sign at all that the day was dawning. Even the clock is more confusing…Cancel Culture5 min readCancel Culture5 min read
Apr 3, 2021“In the Year of the Lord”: 4 Reasons to Believe Jesus Historically ExistedTime is an interesting concept. How we understand time shapes our existence in more ways than we often care to acknowledge. If I were to ask you what year it is, you would say “2021.” …Christianity22 min readChristianity22 min read
