The Ask

Can you imagine what kind of response I would get if I asked Leland, “Would you like to volunteer to clean up the kitchen after dinner today?” Two eyeballs staring at me like

Star Power

If the Magi had been trying to find Jesus using stars today, they’d be lost. Looking up in our modern neighborhoods, it can be challenging to make out more than a few

She Would Buy the Flowers Herself

Seven months ago (how this year has flown!), I shared how Lucia di Lammermoor moved me. And the Met Opera has done it again with The Hours, based on the '02 film,

Avoiding Plagiarism

Rather than adapt, paraphrase and attempt to make it my own—I'd rather simply give credit where it's due and share with you a conversation Krista Tippett (host of

Capital "M" Mission

Within a week of returning home from Nairobi, Kenya in 2017, the core team had already selected dates for the following year and I had already cashed in points for the flight. Now