You’ve seen them out there standing in the cold, ringing their bells. Maybe you’ve even dropped some coins into their red kettles. The Salvation Army bell ringers are even more ubiquitous than the billboards that …

When I was a young boy in grade school, I wanted a big box of sixty-four crayons. But every August when my mom took me to buy my school supplies, I always ended up with …

One of my all-time favorite Seinfeld lines is from the episode called The Nap. Elaine says, “Hey, Kramer, listen, you’ve seen The Omen right? What exactly was that kid?” And Kramer replies, “Who, Damien? Nothing, …

As you may or may not know, when the Fighting Illini host a home football game, tens of thousands of Illini fans descend upon the parking lots surrounding Memorial Stadium. They arrive heavily equipped with …

There is an odd little book for children called Everyone Poops by Taro Gomi which was written for toddlers as they learn to be potty trained. Of course this book begs an extraordinary theological question …

Several months ago I left work and headed to my son’s school so I could see him perform in his third-grade program. I was late and I was speeding. A cop pulled me over and …

I’m afraid I haven’t been much of a church hopper the past couple of months. I confess it’s because I’ve been attending the same church somewhat regularly. Which one you ask? Well, I will keep …

We Christians have a lot of kooky ideas about the Bible. It is used in all sorts of strange ways and often gets transformed into whatever anybody wants it to be. In other words, the …

Our local gas stations are a hub for our community’s addiction activity. It is there that a vast number of us feed our cravings for nicotine, caffeine, alcohol, gambling and, of course, our nation’s biggest …