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This past Thanksgiving, my family and I travelled to Germany. We spent a little over a week in Bavaria, primarily around Munich and the nearby(-ish) Alps. One day, we journeyed to the outer edges of Munich to visit Dachau, the location of an infamous Nazi-era concentration camp. The day we visited the weather seemed rather appropriately miserable—it remained cold and rainy throughout our nearly four hour visit to the site. Yes, that’s right—FOUR HOURS.   The International Mon

When our daughters were young, we had several children’s books whose story or message seemed to transcend even the books’ entertainment value. A few—a small few—of those have continued to be part of our family’s lexicon even to this day, long past the days of bedtime stories. One of those is Judith Viorst’s classic Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day .   The book tells the story of one day in the life of Alexander, a young boy having, well, a terrible,

Years ago my husband had occasion to explain sunk cost fallacy to me. It is very possible we were in line for a ride at an amusement park...

Recently, my family has been (re) watching the TV show The West Wing . Again. The show has long been one on my and my husband’s...

Recently, I have been listening to the new book Discovering the Spiritual Wisdom of Trees by Beth Norcross and Leah Rampy. I think I came...

A screen grab from one of my very earliest live videos, with the St. Louis Arch in the background during the UMC's 2019 Special Session...

My grandparents David and Grace (Willard) Andrews, parents Rick and Patsy (Brooks) Andrews, great-grandparents Helen (Hafer) and Elmer...