Today is ash Wednesday, a name that could refer to the color of the sky outside my window, but actually refers to the start of Lent for many Christians who follow the traditional, liturgical church calendar. All across the country today Christians will go to worship, take the bread and the cup, and receive a… Continue reading Ashes

If our most common conversation on a long car ride is the million dollar question *1*, then the conversation Donnette and I have the second most often on such trips is, “what are we going to name our next child?” I must be easily influenced by road signs, because I usually ask Donnette this question… Continue reading Names