Time and Chance

The power comes in her offhanded delivery. At their initial encounter, the subtext is uneasy, electric with forbidenness. But then she casually disarms the…

There are plenty of mistakes you can quietly go about fixing yourself. But when your error involves a promise or expectation given to someone…

Try to remember—what used to happen when you got bored? What have we lost, exactly? The underlying catastrophe is the loss of humility.

Adultery is more like trying to get your summer tan in a single sunscreenless day at the beach.

Questions of value lead us to constantly look for something bigger, better and more lasting.

An hour later, lost and mudstained, you wonder how you got there in the first place. You don’t remember ever making a decision…it just…

The violent man is like a dragon sleeping on his horde of treasure—never able to use it, and never happy about it.

Most of the time, living with integrity turns out pretty well. Usually, illegal arms dealers do not live long, blissful lives, surrounded by beloved…

I don’t know a single person who needs to be convinced about the importance of politics, or the perks of power. People need Jesus.