In heaven, there is no judgment, but rather an opportunity to examine our lives-who we touched, the choices we made, and the consequences of those choices.

After the Israelites safely crossed the Red Sea, the Egyptians chased after them and were drowned. God's angels wanted to celebrate the enemy's demise. God saw this and grew angry. He said, in essence, 'Stop celebrating. For they are my children,too.

This is a story about a man named Eddie and it begins at the end, with Eddie dying in the sun.

The most important elements of faith [are] believing in something bigger than yourself, taking care of those less fortunate than you.

It is no coincidence that the words 'trying' and 'dying' are only a few letters apart.

I find interesting characters or lessons that resonate with people and sometimes I write about them in the sports pages, sometimes I write them in a column, sometimes in a novel, sometimes a play or sometimes in nonfiction. But at the core I always say to myself, 'Is there a story here? Is this something people want to read?'

Mankind is connected in ways it does not understand - even in dreams.