The Real Me

An English one-liner that has always amused me is: "A gentleman is one who uses the butter knife when he is alone." In other words, it's ...

Life in the Ordinary

The culture conditions us to approach people and situations as journalists do: see the big, exploit the crisis, edit and abridge the commonplace, interview ...

Measuring Real Character

The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.

Blind to What's In Front of You

Karl Barth, the famous theologian, was on a streetcar one day in Basel, Switzerland, where he lectured. A tourist to the city climbed on and sat down ...

Religion Makes a Bad Cloak

Religion is the best armor a man can have, but it is the worst cloak.

The Folly of Reorganization

We trained hard ... but every time we were beginning to form into teams we would be reorganized. I was to learn later in life that we tend to meet any ...

Treasure in the Trash

Craig Randall drives a garbage truck in Peabody, Massachusetts. In a garbage container one day, he noticed a Wendy's soft drink cup bearing a contest ...

Dressing Room Mirror

A sign on a department store dressing room mirror:

"Objects in mirror may appear bigger than they actually are."

Searching for Compromise

[Worldly] compromise is so hard to find. It is not an issue that you easily identify, fight, picket, or bomb. It's slippery. It's illusive. It ...

Impressed with Image

Years ago, there was a master violinist in Europe. He would play in concerts, and he had a magnificent Stradivarius violin, extremely expensive. He would ...