I first met Kelly at a Willamette Writers Conference in Portland.  She had just released her memoir, Breathe.  I liked her instantly and found her to be a fresh, healthy, personable and intelligent woman without a care in the world--until I read her book.  I was floo...

I am often asked if I have any regrets in my life.  I'd be a fool if I said no.  We all have decisions and choices in life that, if given another go-round, we may have changed.  Analyzing the past with the widsom of the present is a healthy exercise in determing how fa...

The recent homocide of Freddie Gray while in Baltimore police custody is yet another declaration of the distress we face as a society.  And if you haven't been moved by this callousness and haven't been compelled to march against the tide of this sort of injustice, th...

Chiseled, as a concept, is a two-edged sword.  One can be chiseled out of something, or one can be chiseled into something.  Everyone is chiseled on both counts by life.  Life is not fair.  It cheats you out of your rightful place, what you deserve and what you're due....

 The prosperity doctrine preached by Creflo Dollar in the most recent Christian evangelical controversy is a form of spiritual bribery not found in the gospels.  Dollar has been criticized for begging his viewers for money to purchase a new $65 million dollar personal...