Relationships

Blog Making it Magical
- By Whitney Simpson
- Posted on January 22nd, 2012
Our seven year old experienced his first trip to Disney World on New Year’s Eve. We went to visit family in Florida after Christmas and made a quick trip to Orlando to meet…
Blog The Honesty of Single Encounters
- By Buzz Stevens
- Posted on January 21st, 2012
Robert Trivers suggests in his book The Folly of Fools that deceit is a ‘deep feature’ of life, a condition that is quite possibly exacerbated by our brutal genes…
Blog Social and Spiritual Capital
- By Jim Burklo
- Posted on August 23rd, 2011
One major value of religion is its tendency to build social capital for people, creating networks of relationships that sustain them in both practical and spiritual ways. …
Blog Frank Discussions
- By Buzz Stevens
- Posted on August 23rd, 2011
“Words not only affect us temporarily; they change us, they socialize or unsocialize us.” - David Reisman, The Lonely Crowd, 1950 My wife and I were invited to join…
Blog Why I Love Camp
- By Adam Thomas
- Posted on July 11th, 2011
I love camp. I love being surrounded by more trees than buildings. I love singing Grace to John Williams’ theme from Superman. I love seeing the half-exhausted, half-excited …
Blog Etta and Billie
- By Jan Turrentine
- Posted on June 17th, 2011
At the very large high school I attended, students were assigned to homerooms and lockers based on grade, sex, and first letter of last name. Homeroom is where I first encountered …