Lifeboat Theory

Donald Miller wrote about a question one of his teachers asked his elementary school class one day.  The lesson was on values clarification, and the question was this: if there were a lifeboat adrift at sea, and in the lifeboat were a male lawyer, a female doctor, a...

Mary, The First Disciple

I tend to be the kind of person who always pulls for the so-called “underdog.”  Show me someone who is over-looked, under-estimated, disregarded, and I’m an instant fan.  I like scrappy teams that aren’t supposed to win; on Oscar night, I cast my vote for that...

What’s It Worth To You?

Every once in a while I watch Antiques Road Show on PBS.  People who have inherited a family heirloom, or stumbled across a piece of art or furniture at a yard sale, or found an old porcelain doll from their childhood will drag their treasure in for an appraiser to...