Over drinks one night, which is how we lawyers generally like to meet each other, a friend of mine told me a story that I’d heard before...

In mid-February, Valentine’s Day and International Darwin Day arrive two days apart. Which makes this an auspicious time to remember that you and those you most love are all stupendous badasses...

In his iconic and arguably best play, Shakespeare’s Hamlet and Horatio are confronted by the ghost of the recently dead king. Horatio is understandably aghast, crying out, “O day and night, but this is wondrous strange!”

Tim Sledge’s October 4th blog post “You Don’t Have to Love Someone if You Don’t Want To,” touched on something that I think deserves more exploration, especially as we enter the winter holiday season.

You don’t have to love someone if you don’t want to. If your response is, “Everybody knows that,” you’ve probably never been religious...

My Chinese parents are not tigers. They did not rage when I brought home poor grades; they did not resort to corporal punishment, except on the truly rare occasion.

“I’m your father - if I tell you to eat nails, you eat nails” – a close translation of a phrase my father would use on me time and time again during our disagreements...

The Cake by Bekah Brunstetter ran at The Alley Theatre last year from June 1st thru July 1st of 2018. It's Pride Month now in 2019, and it still hasn't left my brain space...

I recently finished a biography of Georgia O’Keeffe, and my creative spirit was fed and nurtured by the amazing artist known now as the mother of American modernism.

Faith is a funny thing. You don't know it's there until you see it-- and it's not necessarily religious. It's that twenty minutes you wait for a date to show up, hoping they won't ghost you. Or the space between the time your check engine light goes off, and your next paycheck.

With all the antipathy and insensitivity that seems to have dominated our lives over the past couple of years, now more than ever, our world needs people to be tolerant and respectful toward one another.

Holding that people are more important than beliefs, how do we relate to individuals who regard faith as more important than anything else?

When I grew up, there was no such thing as boundaries. Though my family isn’t as traditionally hierarchical as some, parental authority remained strong. They had license to come into my room at any time, offer unsolicited advice, and what’s mine was theirs.

In the midst of the Thanksgiving season, what’s a newly de-converted person thankful for? Probably the same things appreciated by long-time atheist and Christian friends alike. The basics being: family, food, shelter, income, and Netflix. But there’s all sorts of wonderful things I’m thankful for...

If your dog is a neighborhood disturbance, then you are responsible, not the dog; the dog is just being a dog.

As we seek to build healthier relationships, it is essential that we resist our natural downward inclinations tell negative stories of what drives the behavior of others so we can gain emotional intelligence, and heal ourselves and others.

When I think of King’s I have a Dream speech at the March on Washington, or his other stirring remarks about the power of truth and love to drive out hate, I also make sure to remember a poem by Bertolt Brecht...

In many respects, I breathe the Oasis core values. As a scientist by training who serves others, my favorite core values are: “Reality is known through reason” and “Human hands solve human problems.” Today though, I want to address the core value I struggle with the most: “Be accepting and be accepted.”

A community of reason and compassion. That is how we describe the Houston Oasis Community. It’s an encapsulation of the community’s core values. Yet beneath this simple expression lies complexity and ambiguity...

The 55th anniversary, this August, of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, presents a worthy occasion for reflection and remembrance...