Laugh Your Way to Well-Being

Like pinot noir grapes, the human heart thrives only with the most patient of growers. Read More

It's too bad that life is not more like a cell phone contract where you can simply get insurance against "unforeseen circumstances." Read More

I am not a blood kind of person. I don't like Steven King movies, I've never read Twilight, and I don't watch CSI. That said, last week I may have changed my mind. Read More

Nestling your heart into a cactus may not sound like the best idea. However while hiking in Southern Utah, I began to see the value of growing a few cactus spines in your life.

It was early in the morning and I was out for a walk in Snow Canyon outside St. George, Utah. After a few miles, I stopped to munch on a granola bar. Read More

Have you ever had this happen? You are at a cocktail party and the person you are trying to converse with is continually scanning the crowd over your shoulder. It is so irritating when someone won't make eye contact. You feel disconnected, angry, dismissed.

Of course the converse is true as well. One of the best feelings is when someone looks you in the eye and makes a meaningful connection. Read More

There is one ritual I really hate during the holidays: taking down my tree. It's a sad job, as it marks the end of the season. It's also messy. Dragging out a month-old, dried-up balsam means sticky needles everywhere. Most of all it leaves the house with this big empty hole in the corner of the living room. What was there before the tree? I can't even remember. But I took it down. Read More

When we pray, who do we see? Read More