When I was in high school, my friend Brynn and I would get coffee every Friday after school. I don’t know what originally encouraged the idea, but we decided we…
Ruth Bader Ginsburg once said, “Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you.” There is no return…
Humanity is composed of vast amounts of goodness, compassion and diversity. The slight smile shared between strangers, a child picking flowers or a meal shared between close friends are scenes…
I had traveled to Columbus, Georgia, to see the Lunch Box Museum, where 2,000 examples are on display. Mr. Woodall explained that although his real passions are antique cars and…
I grew up in a small church in my quaint town — the largest the youth group ever was would be 30, with guests. The church hardly had 200 people…
It is no secret that the American police have been under heightened scrutiny lately. I’m guessing that there were probably protests either in your city or somewhere close by this…
I met him on his 86th birthday. Allen Woodall sat behind a desk, surrounded by his rambling antique store. The gray-haired man in a plaid shirt smiled when he learned…
A little over a year ago while I was studying abroad in Italy, we visited La Verna Monastery, known for its association with Saint Francis. There, I was familiarized with…
The term “gaslighting” is one that people are not too familiar with, but many practice in their everyday lives. When gaslighting an individual, manipulation is used by another in order…
What does “normal” even mean or look like these days? Since March, it seems, every day we have woken up to a new plot twist we could not have seen…