A new year has begun. A fresh chapter waits to be written. And this column should have been penned a couple of weeks ago. I like goals, but I’ve never

Isn’t family wonderful? Spending time over the holidays with your relatives can remind you of just how normal you really are. It’s quite reassuring in a dysfunctional way. The Yoders,

I have the privilege this week of writing the column from the little house on the prairie. Well, it’s actually my parents’ log home on the Kansas plains, but this

It’s a law of nature that the greater the darkness is, the more you need a light. Each day, it seems, brings more grim news of job losses and economic

The good news today is that winter is here. With it has come that glorious season of Advent, bringing a heavenly hope to a world battered by fear and uncertainty.

Growing up in a family where women outnumbered the men three to two, life seemed pretty fair and balanced. On my father’s side, there were 19 cousins, 12 girls and

Being a survivor is a good thing. And that’s what we are, having survived a five-hour road trip with seven people packed like mackerels in a tin can. Any mother

In case you’ve forgotten the realities of living in a fallen world, you need look no further than your local newspaper or your TV. In recent months, it’s been one

You don’t need to set foot on a college campus anymore to get a liberal arts education. All you have to do is to browse the aisles of your local

Thank God for mothers. No matter how old you get to be, it seems you always need one. As long as I’ve been married, I’ve lived far away from mine.