Jeff McLaughlin writes a blog for RELEVANT about how Thanksgiving puts our hearts into a rhythm of gratitude and thankfulness. Read More

I hate to run.

Newspapers are dull, lifeless things that always seem to leave my fingers ink stained and my face smudged. I prefer the internet, it's a much cleaner news source. But, despite newsprint's nasty drawbacks, I still do read newspapers occasionally. Mainly because I'm always surprised at their content, especially all those smaller articles that exist below the headline pages; always some civil war in some nation I've never heard of or some kind of medical advance concerning Amazonian bacteria. Read More

The biggest differences come with the slightest separation. Think about it. Faulty race relations in America are caused by your skin color. Two seats at an amphitheatre, but one has a pole in front of it. Add a little cherry to a soft drink, and you have a totally different and sometimes better tasting result. Even in sports, one point can be the difference between exuberant victors and the somber defeated. I discovered the truth of this statement on a mission trip to Reynosa, Mexico. Read More