Why am I here?

Of all the big questions in life, one of the biggest is “Why am I here?” Everyone from Douglas Adams to Victor Frankl has addressed it. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy is more fun, but Man’s Search for Meaning is more important. The Purpose Driven Life: What on earth am I here for? by […]
Friends

Wednesday night: I sat down this morning in a coffee shop to begin writing about friendship. Before my laptop was open, two young men who were obviously friends walked in and sat two tables away. Perfect, I thought, real live research. Maybe I’ll even see if I can get a picture of them. But it […]
Get in the game.

The writer C. S. Lewis carried on a massive correspondence during his lifetime. Many of the letters are collected in three volumes and are organized chronologically. Sometimes he waxes eloquent, but occasionally he will begin with “This must be necessarily brief.” Such is the case here, and it isn’t for lack of something to say. […]