The Sandcastle Syndrome

This is going to come as a surprise to my friends who know how technically challenged I am when it comes to building things, but over the years, my sons and I have built several houses together. Don’t expect to see a pickup truck that says “Hutchcraft and...

The Problem With Panic.

There’s this disease that hits college campuses in the spring every year. It’s called “senior panic.” You arrive at college as a freshman with this sneaking suspicion that you might just meet the person you’re going to marry while...

Labeled for Life

“My name is Idiot.” She’s only four years old, but when police in Hot Springs, Arkansas responded to a report of child abuse, that’s what she told them. The marks of abuse were all over her body. There were bruises everywhere, she had a black...

Just the Two of Us

Five thousand miles in one month! That’s not too bad if you’re in an airplane, but that’s how far I drove at least one summer and we’ve had many long trips like that. We just about ran the wheels off of our van driving from one conference, or...