So in delivering “Help For Going It Alone,” I didn’t go it alone. Instead, I invited Morgan Enright, one of the leading therapists in Charlotte, to have a conversation with me about single parenting and single living in the 21st century.   I am including my questions and notes from Morgan’s answers below. Our current Read the full article…

So we wind up Nooks & Crannies this Sunday in an unexpected place:  what do you do when you’re the only adult trying to discover meaning in the massively small places in your home and in your relationships? What does it look like for single adults and single parents to live well in the nooks Read the full article…

As the Nooks & Crannies series nears its conclusion, these reflections on marriage and family from Anna Quindlen’s memoir Lots Of Candles, Plenty Of Cake bear repeating:   If a marriage is to endure over time, it has to be because both people within it have tacitly acknowledged something that young lovers might find preposterous:  it’s bigger, Read the full article…

One day last week, I went to the home of a family in the church to see how the man of the house was holding up after shoulder surgery. No crisis, no drama, no life-and-death; instead, an opportunity to get to know some folks beyond “hey, how’s it going?” on a Sunday morning.  Praying for Read the full article…

This past Friday, Julie and I went to the Fillmore, Charlotte to see a Led Zeppelin cover band called Zoso. I consider this payback for the two Jack Wagner concerts Julie made me attend with her in the 1980s.  Actually, I probably still have some payback built up from those. Anyway, the show made me Read the full article…