Live With Flair

I’m leading a seminar to help graduate students and faculty teach an advanced writing course I designed. Two of our guiding class principles involve building

This winter, we’ve dealt with more ice in Pennsylvania. Normally, an enormous snowfall won’t shut anything down, but ice is a whole different story. It’s

This morning, I kept thinking about an overlooked fruit of the Spirit in Galatians 5: goodness. The Holy Spirit fills us with goodness. This means

When it’s in the 20’s or 30’s (and less windy) I find the joy of walking again. As I age, it’s harder to stay warm!

Today I chuckled as I started to read the book of Jeremiah. Reading in the English Standard Version (ESV), I find a timely command from

It’s still dark and gloomy and freezing outside. It feels too bitterly cold to do anything. So we do nothing. It feels wonderful once you

The potted plum now supports a mound of winter snow in 1 degree weather. The roots stay warm, wrapped in burlap. I love how the

Ash said something yesterday that really had me thinking. He mentioned how much we’re advised to avoid impulse spending. We’re taught to think carefully and

As a professor, you tend to think you know this younger generation of 18-22 years old. You might think, for example, that young people know

Today I taught my classes something I never learned in school. And it’s something I’m now applying to every sentence I write. It’s a great