I don’t drink. Alcohol, that is. I stopped drinking December 2009. Before that, I liked to drink, and did so whenever I liked. Not too much, you understand, just a glass of red or two probably five nights a week, and sometimes the whole bottle, except for the last half a glass I’d toddle over and...

I’m a social-drinker—a social coffee drinker. Every Saturday after yoga, two girlfriends and I buy coffee and talk until our hair reeks of espresso. It’s very Sex and the City, minus the city, the liquor, and one woman. The setting may not be as glamorous as a Manhattan bar, but the conversation...

While discussing Pride & Prejudice recently, one of my professors got out a dry-erase marker and drew a crooked, green T-graph on the board. She labeled one side Homo Sapien, and the other Homo Fictus. Then made a point about the way humans live in reality, and the way we portray ourselves in story. The...

I watched the movie Fireproof last night for the first time.  I know I’m coming late to the party, and as I understand, the movie has its fair share of critics who say Christian art often doesn’t compare in quality to its secular counterpart.  And the movie has its fair share of proponents...

In The Church of Facebook, author and musician Jesse Rice delivers a valuable treatment on both the origins of Facebook, and the subtle but overwhelming effects Facebook has on its users. With Gladwell-esque style, Rice writes with precision and below-the-surface insight. This is not a Christian book...

There is a conversation I am very tired of having. It seems to be occurring a lot lately with more and more friends of mine, and always seems to end the same way (usually with alcohol, which I’m fine with.) It starts with the question, “Why am I still single?” and ends with the answer,...

I thought I was ready to date, but now I’m not so sure. Out of curiosity, I created a profile on eHarmony to see what my “ideal matches” would be like. I got 10 matches and I was skeptical of all of them. I imagined them all as the most awkward guy from college, sitting at his computer, typing...

My wife falls asleep immediately, head to the pillow, but I like to read myself into the dream world. I climb into bed and pull my headlamp over my curly hair. I aim the light at the pages and read the words working my way through the ink, a story bleeding from the author’s heart and honed by his mind....

There is a verse in the Bible that says something I had always mistakenly credited to Confucius, or Bono, I wasn’t sure. Ecclesiastes 1:9 reads, “What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.” I think that statement could not be truer than...

Gayle Etcheverry's Cup of Tea I haven’t been sleeping well lately. My 3 year old daughter just began sleeping without diapers, and I spend most of the night planning strategies for middle-of-the-night sheet and pajama changes that will result in the least amount of lost sleep. I lose sleep doing...