Somewhere between 4th grade and 7th grade, it was a common pastime for girls in my school to rank their friends. “Tiffany is my first...

As a homeowner, there are plenty of jobs most of us just don’t enjoy doing: weed-eating, grout-cleaning, baseboard-dusting, etc....

Our youngest son was recently interested in the game “Would You Rather?” In it, a person asks another person questions like: “Would you...

As we watched a complicated battle scene in the new Mulan movie a few nights ago, my youngest son said, “It would be hard to be an...

Per our usual tradition, my family put up our Christmas decorations the day after Thanksgiving. (By the way, this isn’t a discussion...

I’m not trying to brag, but I have a massive art collection. It’s true. All of them are one-of-a-kind originals. Sure, they were made in...

I can’t think of anything more confusing than suddenly being awakened from a deep sleep in the middle of the night, unless it’s suddenly...

I’ve been doing a little sewing lately—a set of curtains, hemming a couple of skirts, and, of course, cloth masks. Fabric is one of those...

You inhale deeply as you approach the wooden archway. A voice from the speaker above you and to your right is midway through its...

It took nearly four years to bring our adopted son home from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. During that time, I was constantly...

The prophet Elijah sat next to a brook, watching the water level lower and waiting for his next meal delivery. Ever since he told King...

It feels like everything has been turned upside-down: We’re wearing masks and gloves to the grocery store. Adults are worried about their...

Scottish-born author Robert Louis Stevenson was no stranger to being stuck at home. Although he was an acclaimed travel writer and author...

When my twin daughters were newborns, they kept me moving. Seeing as how they were helpless in every way, there was always something to...

The past couple of weeks have been pretty hectic around the Rosser house, and most of that bad luck has been aimed at me. Sickness and...

One mid-morning last week the power went out at our house unexpectedly. There were no storms or other obvious reasons for the outage. I...

This morning my 6-year old Ezra woke up on the grumpy side of the bottom bunk. In his defense, it was a dark, rainy Monday, and none of...

There are some mornings when it doesn’t pay to get out of bed. Take this morning, for instance. I killed a wasp in my bathroom. Getting...

Every year or so I get that home renovation itch. Sometimes the itch gets scratched with a couple cans of paint, but there are other...