I Will Be His Advocate

“He took the clay from the hand of the angel, and made Adam according to Our image and likeness, and He left him lying for forty days and forty nights without putting breath into him.

And He heaved sighs over him daily, saying, ‘If I put breath into this [man]…

Being the Son of an Entrepreneur

This week marks the end of an era in my family.
The office building from the business my family ran as long as I remember was sold.

In the first-half of the 20th century, my grandfather (for whom I am named) founded a…

Grief and Healing After Sandy Hook

How do we heal in the face of so much terror and sadness?

As overwhelming as the thoughts about the devastating and terrible events at Sandy Hook elementary school in Connecticut were last week, I’m almost ashamed to admit that a few days off…

What’s the New Blogging?

So, 5 years ago, everyone was blogging.

Then tweeting. #whatwasthatanyway #nowanybodycanhashtag

Now everything is “facebook likes” and “pin my awesome picture on pinterest (so your friends are more jealous of your online lifestyle…

Pittsburgh

Old town, yet new.

Driving the roads here in Pittsburgh, PA brings an interesting set of sensations to my mind. It feels like Indianapolis, where I grew up. Overgrown trees and shrubs line the old roads, too narrow for our supersized cars which zip around corners and along…