Live With Flair

Now that I’m a full-time professor at Penn State and serving in the Schreyer Honors College, I’m invited to several graduation ceremonies and parties for

As you know, I’ve been blogging every day since March 2010. That’s a lot of writing. I’ve kept that ritual up because I never know

I loved reading Psalm 16 this morning. Psalm 16 is my favorite psalm and the first one I ever memorized. I hope you love it

At the start of each month, I often go back to the Psalms for encouragement and refreshment. These verses especially encouraged me these last few

Today I thought more about what it means to accept people unconditionally, to believe the best about them, and fight a critical spirit. When I

It’s a gorgeous day in Pennsylvania. It’s finally time to bring out my solar-powered fountain! I read in my E. Stanley Jones devotional this morning

I taught my last two classes of the semester today. Next week I’ll grade final papers and then begin my wonderful transition to summer work.

For our last day of class, I ask students to bring in a paragraph to read aloud the writing they feel most proud of from