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Sometimes we go about our lives aware that other humans exist, but we aren't really aware of them. We don't always think about how they have thoughts, feelings, hopes, dreams, and wills of their own. We don't always realize we are all the same. We don't always...

I'm a few years older than the last time I offered advice (A Little Advice), and while I still don't feel like I can tell you all that several more years could tell you, I do think I can tell you more than before. Get the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the...

Sometimes we hear or say, "I don't want your pity," or, "I don't need your charity." Pity and charity are not bad, and needing them isn't bad either. Somehow these two good words have developed a negative connotation. If you look up the etymology of Pity and Charity,...

I was looking back last night at some things I've written, not just on this blog, but also from an old notebook of schoolwork that spans from 1999 to 2004. Not to brag or anything, but my writing has greatly improved since I was 8 years old. It's even improved since I...

When you recount a problem you've had with someone else, you're often telling it as the one who didn't do anything wrong, or at least the one who wasn't as wrong at the other person. Even when you were in the wrong and even if you admit it, you tend to downplay that...

Last night's sermon was in the book of Lamentations. Oddly enough, there are places in this book of lamenting that talk about having hope. As we looked at what the writer had hope in, we saw that it wasn't just hoping for things that would get better in the future, it...