The Lost Art of Art-ing

I saw an advertisement for a university program offering a degree for writing for film, TV and advertising. I wonder how many people went for a degree in these areas and are making a living at it today? I bet not too many. I have a belief in my twisted head that the arts can’t […]

With Your Whole Heart

The Attack on The Heart I was driving from Detroit to the Grand Rapids this weekend to see a group of students I work with virtually, and was doing the primitive nature walk through radio channels. I came across a beautiful song I hadn’t heard in a long time. I could finally sit back, enjoy […]

A New Year /A New Rest From Stress?

Dec. 31st. New Years approaches. We can tend to think about how we can “fix” ourselves to make us better than the year before. Dreams that often include over commitments, which don’t really last but sound good to the ego. It is what fills up my gym parking lot from January through to early March. […]

God’s Repurposed Paradise–Behind the Bushes of Mesopotamia

ChatGpt is my friend quite a bit these days. I know it has its faults and isn’t always correct, so I watch for that, trust me. Recently on TikTok, a lot of people have been in my algorithm proposing that Jesus Christ and the Apostle Paul taught polar opposite things. It seems to be an […]

What Gays Can Learn From Straight Frat Boys

When Pride Becomes Performance and Connection Gets Lost in the Noise America Divided—Even Within Ourselves It’s not just left vs. right, red vs. blue, MAGA vs. liberal. Our cultural divide runs deeper than politics. It’s in how we relate to one another. How we define identity. Let’s face it. Right now, the divisions are manufactured […]

What I Learnd In A Sauna With a Professional Athelete

It is often said that time is wasted on the young. When you are young and hear such idoims, you may tend to think the adults who speak them are idiots. Repeating mantras of days gone by that sound like drudgry to match their wrinkles, gray hairs, gimp-walks and frowns. However, the older you yourself […]

Planetary Explorations: How People Are Like Planets

I’ve used this line for a few years now: people are like the planets. What do I mean by comparing people to planets? They are mysterious, complex, choatic, following their own orbits, atttractive yet can be dangerous to themselves and sso much more. I often think of this after a difficult break up. Imagine this […]

Gay Men seeking Love In The Covid Era & Beyond

Real time comments form gay men across the globe on their experiences in trying to find love.