Exploring the German concept of “fernweh.”

What happens when we make ourselves the highest goal of our own existence?

My favorite card trick starts off simple but becomes endlessly delightful.

Nebraska’s unpredictable weather comes through again.

One can’t escape the feeling that this particular aesthetic choice was unnecessarily sensational and deeply misguided.

In our desire to feel productive and in control lies a temptation to compartmentalize our lives.

I can’t imagine food alternatives really stacking up to the simple-yet-sublime pleasures of freshly picked strawberries.

Blog networks can be powerful tools, but they’re only as good as the support they offer their bloggers, and there’s plenty of room for improvement there.

I expect the extra-dimensional invasion to begin any minute now.

What, you don’t see the rocket, gumball machine, and dump truck on there?

The awkward way she held the marker and her tiny chicken scratch said everything they needed to.

​There are moments that you live for as a parent. Like his very first laser tag.

A glimpse of the future shape of the video game audience.

I’d forgotten how pleasant it is to stretch out on the couch and get lost, if for a few minutes, in an honest-to-goodness book.

You know they’re delicious because of all the butter.

She’s not even in preschool yet, but she’ll be a teenager before I know it, and Lord help me then.

Want to see this work of art in real life? Come to Redeemer’s Christmas program on December 14.

Who am I to deny the incredible cuteness of kids making cookies?