The place I lived when I was ten years old I remember most. I call it my “village.” I learned much about life there. There I learned that if I lie, I turn into an enemy of God. That would be a really big deal. As my parents put it, the last thing anyone would want is to become an enemy of God. I paid close attention to that. Kept that in mind as long and as intensely as I could. Then … there were the pastries. My dad had the habit of every so often visiting the bakery and get

Why do I focus on Sean Hannity? Because he talks to millions every day. Why do I want to see him in the mirror of the Sermon on the Mount? That requires a bit more explanation. When you read The Choice Maker and learn about the Sermon on the Mount, the first thing you learn is “knowledge deficiencies.” The first thing the Sermon on the Mount asks is: can you see knowledge deficiencies? And implicit in that question is the obvious follow-up. If you can see the knowledge defici

When it comes to lying, based on millennia of experience, humans have developed two prominent norms. The first: Don’t lie because lying destroys relationships and thus destroys life. The second: Do lie because it gains things and prevents loss and exposure to wrath of others. This simple foundational picture draws the paths we may take in life. In a sense, at every moment, everyone vacillates between these two norms. On one hand everyone lies. One time or other we all lie in