A wonderful production of the play Next Fall by Geoffrey Nauffts is currently being staged by the AstonRep company at the BoHo Theatre in Chicago. My apologies to out-of-towners who won’t have the opportunity to see the show, because it is blessed with a gifted ensemble, headed by Mark Jacob Chaitin and Ryan Hamlin in the lead roles. Hamlin plays Adam, who, unlike the Biblical Adam, has no relationship with ...

In this Rob is writing about those transcendent moments, those awesome moments when we get a glimpse of the magnitude of the universe and our very, very small place in it...and the inconceivably generous grace that is communicated in the midst of our smallness. This is the kind of vision that he desires for us. This is how he wants us to experience the with-ness of God. God is with us. ...

Rivalries in high school sports are not joke. Fights often break out between rival schools. Those rivalries are often fostered by a sense of hyper-competitiveness modeled by coaches and parents. But the basketball players in the video above have a different kind of adult model in their coach, Peter Morales... ...

The advertisers for Go Daddy won and they know it. We have no one to blame but ourselves. The Go Daddy commercial is a product of an American culture obsessed with relationships that revolve around prohibitions, double binds, and scandals... ...

It’s true that our devotion to our sports teams can be a little over the top. So, it’s in the spirit of "Love thy Rival" that I offer you this countdown of the 5 things to think about while watching the Super Bowl... ...

Adam and I did a series of four articles following the Newtown massacre in December. Our focus was on the culture of violence in which we live, breathe and have our being. We wrote that the logic of violence is woven through the fabric of our culture. ...

Fox News is an easy target for people like me. It tends toward the extreme in order to entertain and provocate. Its annual panic meter is once again off the charts as it strikes fear in the hearts of viewers. It is December, after all, and thus has begun the “War on Christmas.” Rally the troops! We must defend Christmas! The most powerful defender of Christmas at Fox is Bill O’Reilly. In the video above, O’ ...

Greatness, in whatever field we choose, frequently comes with a cost. That cost is comparing ourselves with others. You know you are great by comparing yourself with someone else, who is just good. When we strive for greatness we often find ourselves competing with others. ...

It was 1:30 am when I heard her voice. My daughter was crying. But I couldn’t get my tired self out of bed. “Just wait a few minutes,” I thought. “If she’s still crying, then get up.” She fell back asleep within two minutes, but I did not. I was wide awake. Apparently, the invisible nurse who lives in my house decided to shoot me up with her invisible intravenous needle filled with invisible Red Bull. I was ...

Good people across our nation are trying to find answers to the following questions: Was Trayvon Martin’s death a racially motivated murder or something else, an act of self-defense or a tragic accident? Is George Zimmerman a racist or something else, a decent man or emotionally ill? Is President Obama’s response measured and appropriate or something else, too timid a challenge to racism or too dismissive o ...