Like many in my generation, I didn’t grow up singing hymns. I knew some of the old standards, but I was much better acquainted with campfire songs, praise courses, and other, more contemporary...

Intentions are no good without some sort of accountability mechanism. Here’s how I’m doing so far on the 12 intentions I made for 2012 after the first three months of the year.  Can you...

Last Sabbath, the theme of the day was definitely the second coming. The Sabbath School quarterly focused on it. Then the sermon centered on it as well. That afternoon, we couldn’t stop talking...

The Ann Arbor Big House Big Heart 10K, which I am registered for, is less than 3 weeks away. Running a 10K this year was on my intentions list. But really, it’s something I’ve intended to do...

Amy Chua, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, New York:The Penguin Press, 2011. This book is a memoir, not a parenting guide. This was my repeated explanation as to why I–a single, childless,...