It’s a question we have a tendency to ask regarding important historical events. Where were you when you found out about Pearl Harbor?...

There is a mining-turned-tourist town called Platoro in South-central Colorado that is untouched by time. My great-grandfather discovered...

This is part 4 of 4 in a series about Heart to Heart International, a non-profit organization that seeks to strengthen communities...

Earlier this month, my family and I took a trip to Haiti through the Global Orphan Project. The following is a reflection on our brief...

Sorry for the lack of posts this month! To make up for it, this post is part 1 of 2. Earlier this month, my family and I took a trip to...

This is part 3 of 4 in a series about Heart to Heart International, a non-profit organization that seeks to strengthen communities...

This is part 2 of 4 in a series about Heart to Heart International, a non-profit organization that seeks to strengthen communities...

This is part 1 of 4 in a series about Heart to Heart International, a non-profit organization that seeks to strengthen communities...

Her name was Gypsy, and she was a rebel. I think the trail guide assigned her to me because I’m tall (and so was she) and I said I had...

It’s another fifth Friday, and since I will be on vacation the day this blog post is published, it only seems appropriate to share five...

This is part 4 of 4 in a series of posts about New Horizon Ranch, an organization in Rantoul, KS, which works to enrich lives through...

I examined my image one more time in my full-length mirror. Neatly coifed hair. Pressed, collared shirt and business jacket. Straight...

This is part 3 of 4 in a series of posts about New Horizon Ranch, an organization in Rantoul, KS, which works to enrich lives through...

Do we ever stop asking questions? (Clearly not.) I feel like I’ve been asking questions my whole life, and I doubt I’ll stop even if I...

This is part 2 of 4 in a series of posts about New Horizon Ranch, an organization in Rantoul, KS, which works to enrich lives through...

This is part 1 of 4 in a series of posts about New Horizon Ranch, an organization in Rantoul, KS, which works to enrich lives through...

People died here. The trapdoor would open, and out would come a monster—a wild boar, a wolf, a lion, a rhinoceros. The slave or prisoner...

“We’re too young to realize certain things are impossible – so we will do them anyway.” –William Pitt, Amazing Grace When I was a...

With so many summer reading programs and summer reading goals in full swing right now, I thought I’d add my voice to the conversation....

She sat on the empty merry-go-round, her skinny legs hanging off the edge with sneaker-clad feet trailing through the flattened path of...