Before I came to live in Arica, Chile, spending a week in silence sounded ridiculous. I love constant motion; I enjoy bumping into people and I gather strength from personal interaction. ...

I went to Saved , a new comedy about teenagers in a Christian high school expecting to get a few laughs at the expense of bible-based yokels. ...

 Several years ago, after I made a pretty self-righteous remark at a church meeting, I was reproached as having "no right to be so flip for someone so young" (I was 24 at the time, ...

As my second week in prison comes to a close, it becomes increasingly clear that the prison system serves little purpose than that of a multi-billion dollar industry.The economics of incarcerationEach federal prison receives $20,000 ...

With my tongue outstretched and her hand on my pulse, the acupuncturist fired questions and conclusions at me:"You worry too much. You think too much. Are you angry?"I groaned ...

While my elementary school teachers told me to believe in myself, my parents warned me it was not good to be full of myself. Love thyself and trust thyself, yes, but not too much.Be confident, ...

Down for the count During his homily on World Marriage Day, the priest asked everyone who had been married less than a year to stand up. He then asked everyone married one to five years to ...

No one's in the kitchen with Martha"Martha, Martha, you are anxious and worried about many things," said Jesus (Luke 10:38-42) after a productive Martha rebuked her lazy ...

Federal Prison Camp, Maxwell Air Force Base—I was speaking to one of my friends today as we sat by the river inside the Camp. We were talking about life in ...

Mirror, mirror on the wall… I was looking in the mirror recently (I'm trying to lose weight and this is a good way to ruin my appetite…), and I realized that ...