Serve or Play? A Tension to Be Managed

16 hours ago
Matt McMann

I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world.…

Remember: You Are Amazing

1 week ago

I can be pretty hard on myself. Growing up, I was convinced I had to be perfect. Impeccable grades. Never…

The Beautiful Marriage of Science and Spirituality

2 weeks ago

It never made sense to me.  As someone who has had a spiritual bent all my life, the supposed conflict…

Dream Derailed? You’re Not Alone

3 weeks ago

It’s deflating.  My lifelong dream of becoming a published author came true. Over the last year and a half, I’ve…

Mystified? Try a Different Perspective

4 weeks ago

I was stumped.  I sat on my cruise ship balcony and stared at the object floating on the Mediterranean in…

Reflections from a Park Bench in Paris

1 month ago

Bonjour from Paris. I write this while sitting on a park bench, having just finished a ham and cheese baguette…

Your Dream is Ahead (Some Leaping Required)

1 month ago

You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore. William Faulkner I was…

The US Election Will Soon Be Over—Then What?

2 months ago

I’m guessing you’re as tired of it as I am. The texts. The robocalls. The yard signs. The commercials. The…

What a 3-Year-Old Taught Me About Riding Life’s Waves

2 months ago

As I finish my October author tour, here's a painful lesson I learned during a previous book tour, originally published…

Do What Makes You Come Alive

2 months ago

As I'm currently on book tour, I thought this would be an appropriate post to reshare. It was originally published…