Web Originals

Black History Month has arrived once again.
Giant bush fires have raged through much of the state of Victoria, in the southeast corner of the Australian continent.
My husband and I had submitted individual stories to a storytelling competition and were surprised to hear that we’d each made the finals.

Safe on a date

When I was a college student, I spent one of my summers enjoying the “perfect summer job” working for a hotel on an island off the scenic New England coast.

Travels in Pakistan

Recently, I completed speaking engagements on Christian Science healing in one of Pakistan’s largest cities, Faisalabad.

The demand to love

Love is perhaps the thing I have the hardest time describing on a deep level.
Recent images of escalating conflict in the Gaza Strip have been distressing to watch.
Last year, during the New Year’s holiday, I was visiting my aunt and uncle in a city that I’d never been to before.

My prayer for Greece

Students and police recently clashed in Greece after a teenage boy was shot dead by police in Athens.
At the end of this past summer, I’d been given the privilege of organizing a yearly footrace that spans the better part of a local mountain range.
My wife and I arrived in India on November 23, and I was preparing to speak on Christian Science healing in several cities when, like millions of others, I found myself praying as several terrorist attacks in Mumbai were taking place.

No wait for happiness

Soon after graduating college, I found my first real job and moved to a big city.