For Christians around the world, this week is Holy Week, which began yesterday with Palm Sunday and will conclude this coming Sunday with Easter, which is the celebration of the resurrection of Jesus on the third day after his death...

Yesterday I asked whether you’d report the source of the money or save the orphanage.  I tend to think I’d report it—but choosing between telling the truth versus staying silent is a choice you will probably face many times in...

On Tuesday, I asked whether you’d turn your father in for stealing the sheep.  Well, I think we all know what the Gibson girls would do!  No, but in truth, I’m not certain, but I doubt that I would turn...

Well, what did you think about the trolley problem?  I wonder if you would have pulled the lever and changed the course of the train or let it continue on its track.  Like I said, there’s no easy answer…that is...

This week, we’re going to consider a few classic moral dilemmas. What’s a moral dilemma?  Well, according to the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, it is a circumstance in which a person appears morally obligated to do each of two (or more)...

Alright.  You made it—well almost.  Spring officially starts at 10:46am today.  So, give it a few more hours.  But let’s be honest: None of us would be surprised if we got a blizzard next week, right?  Or if the forecast...

Today is the last day of Winter.  I wonder, will you miss it after it’s gone? The dazzling white blankets of snow, the glassy surfaces of frozen ponds and creeks, the skeleton trees; sledding and building snow forts, then curling...

A final thought on daylight savings time: Why the word “saving”? When we adjust the clocks, we’re not saving daylight or time, we’re just adjusting our lives to better align with it. We’re waking up and going to bed more...

I have another question for you: Why daylight savings time?  Why not night darkness savings time?  Why try to maximize our time in the light rather than in the darkness? Of course, the politicians give us practical reasons: More daylight after the workday or...