As a kid, I preferred firecrackers to Math textbooks. So imagine the irony of me preparing to speak to 12,000 school teachers this coming year. I hope they’ll laugh. Then…

Where to go when people drive you crazy One Sunday a small boy turned around in church, leaned toward my granddaughter Sophie, slapped her arm and stole her cookie. Sophie…

Do you have some rules? Here are some of our favorites A friend has this on his fridge: “Rule 1: My wife is always right. Rule 2: If my wife…

What can we learn in the storms of life I learned about weather when I was a kid. About cold by licking a metal doorknob in December. About humidity when…

My gratitude for answered prayer My New Year’s resolution last year was to eat an apple a day. So that means I have just a few hours to eat 365…

A psychologist had twin boys—one an optimist; the other a pessimist. On their birthday he loaded the pessimist’s room with toys and games. In the optimist’s room, he dumped a…