I've interviewed countless high school seniors through the years in the Admissions Office for the University of Pennsylvania. In California, there are plenty of excellent public schools, but the seniors I ...

In the hospital where I'm a volunteer chaplain, I met a woman who was recently in a car accident. Wearing a neck brace for her broken spine, she also was psychologically unstable. This is a common scene for me....

Verston is not his real name, but he has a real Ph.D. in engineering, and his business skills are better than his technical skills. Verston owns a company and has a son in youth group. More than impressive, Ver...

Walking down the hall of a local Chinese Christian high school, I ran into a student who really didn't want the attention. The student faked a smile and apologetically offered, "I didn't get in..."With this cle...