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  • Finding Relief for the Anxious Generation in Schools and Beyond

    Finding Relief for the Anxious Generation in Schools and Beyond3

    As a new school year begins, many students have returned to a drastic shift in phone policies. A growing number of school districts—and even state legislatures—have introduced phone-free policies and are seeing kids come alive again. This shift is due at least in part to Jonathan Haidt’s new book The Anxious Generation, which makes a

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  • Finding Positive Masculinity in Pulp Fiction

    Finding Positive Masculinity in Pulp Fiction0

    In my first installment about the film Pulp Fiction, I used Jordan Peterson’s theory of order, chaos, and personal responsibility to interpret the actions of Jules (Samuel L. Jackson) and Vincent (John Travolta). In this second installment, I want to focus on one of the film’s most important characters: Butch (Bruce Willis). For those unfamiliar with

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  • Finding Hope in These Trying Times

    Finding Hope in These Trying Times10

    It was Election Day, and I was working in the DL Campus Coffee Shop, a church-affiliated establishment on Front Royal’s Main Street. A confession: I don’t write in this café because of its Jesus posters and religious music but because it’s quiet, the staff is pleasant, and patrons generally avoid bellowing into their phones as

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  • Finding Hope in America

    Finding Hope in America0

    In a time when America and its history are under assault, I recently found hope and inspiration in a visit to Virginia’s Historic Triangle: Jamestown, Williamsburg, and Yorktown. At all three of these historical places I found much-needed relief from months of rioting and our poisonous political atmosphere. Everywhere I went – the Jamestown Settlement

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  • Finding Hope in a Dark Time

    Finding Hope in a Dark Time0

    There’s something about sorrow, pain, and suffering that make an individual and his thoughts more poignant, mature, and full of meaning. No one likes to suffer. Yet there is something beautiful, almost hopeful that comes out of loss and difficult times. I thought about this while reflecting on the words of the Advent hymn, “O

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  • Finding Hope as Gas Prices Rise and Society Tanks

    Finding Hope as Gas Prices Rise and Society Tanks5

    I wince inwardly while sailing past the gas station on my way to work. The price has gone up since I last drove by it … yesterday. In fact, the price seems to go up about 10 cents a day lately. At that rate, by the end of summer it will be … no, I

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