Ghân-buri-Ghân squatted down and touched the earth with his horny brow in token of farewell. Then he got up as if to depart. But suddenly...

Of course it's scary. In fact, it's not just scary, it's flat-out terrifying. Over the last week, we've seen the numbers of people...

Warning: this blog entry has swears. Although, let’s be real, most of my blog entries have swears. Warning #2: There’s some disturbing...

This Sunday, we will be celebrating the one-year anniversary of the first church service at Magic City Spiritual Community. We would love...

I have this deep-seated belief, backed up by science that I’m too lazy to research at the moment, that our brains adapt quickly and...

Every Sunday afternoon, I go over to the Beloved Community Church building, unload my boxes of church from my car, and begin the process...

My therapist says I have control issues. She's nice about it; she usually says something super low key and non-confrontational like, "You...

My daughter Charlie seldom lets me take pictures of her. Yesterday I snapped one of her snuggling with the dog on the carpet, and she...

As Season 8 of Game of Thrones and Avengers: Endgame begin to fade from prominence and take their place in the annals of the past and we...

Here in Alabama, events of the past week have created much in the way of news and commentary. And, as “liberal redneck” Trae Crowder...

WARNING: This blog post suitable isn't for kids, and may not even be suitable for most adults. Seriously. Lots of trigger warnings -...

In two days, 20 actors for Bards of Birmingham, ranging in age from 4 to 68, will take the stage under my direction to perform...

My therapist says I have control issues. She's nice about it; she usually says something super low key and non-confrontational like, "You...

I have some friends who are going through it lately. I mean, GOING THROUGH IT. As in, if the challenges they are dealing with were all...

Then you have already failed. I'm going to repeat this: if you are trying to live at peace with everyone, then you have already failed....

By now, many, if not all, of you will have seen the video making the rounds of social media, a video which features high school students...

I remember reading this really cheesy story, probably in someone's bathroom, in Chicken Soup for the Soul or some equally drecky...

“Whenever someone supports you, or is kind to you, or sticks up for you, or honors what you share with them as private, you put marbles...

As the hostile social butterfly (moth?) I am, I’m part of a few antisocial mom groups on Facebook. Recently, one of the posted games in...

One of the excellent fringe benefits of our current trip to Orlando for Laura’s participation in the Celebration Marathon (in addition to...