What do Nietzche, The New York Times, The Village Voice, Bono, and Christianity have in common? Well, they’ve all showed up in Tim Keller’s sermons over the years. Tim Keller, of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City, is the best preacher I’ve ever heard. He tells great stories, weaving together Biblical texts with culturally…

There’s a recent trend in American consumerism, or lack thereof. According to “Purchase Power: Does It Make You Happy,” as people save more money and attempt to live with more simplicity: “New studies of consumption and happiness show, for instance, that people are happier when they spend money on experiences instead of material objects, when they…

We live next door to my paternal grandmother. Literally, next door. When I look out the kitchen window, I can usually tell where she is. If the blinds are drawn in her bedroom–she’s still asleep. If the light is on in the living room, I know she’s perched in her wing chair, cell phone and…

My brother Daniel was the kid who pooped in the public pool. He also was the cute Korean kid with spiky hair who made parents nervous because he was still screaming and splashing like a drowning person in the shallow end, even though he knew how to swim. You never would have known that it…

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