About a third of Jesus’ teachings involve the use of biblical parables—everyday, allegorical-type stories that teach a deeper spiritual lesson.

On Public Television a program called Antiques Roadshow is now in its 30th season. People bring items to be appraised by professionals and experts with the hope that their vase or painting or chair might be a valuable antique.

He spent 30 years half-heartedly listening, if not completely ignoring, the advice of doctors only to wind up in full cardiac arrest and kidney failure.

My wife and I were young and naïve when we bought our first house. We moved into it in early spring, and soon discovered that the woman who owned the house before us had been a wonderful gardener.

As a photographer, I am constantly surprised by what people respond to.

Every once in a while it is good for city folks to take a long drive into the country and see the row after row, acre after acre of crops growing.

On this Fourth of July weekend, I have a confession to make: I am not very fond of parades. There is nothing more boring for me than to stand on the sidelines as floats and bands pass by.

In a scene from the 1967 film To Sir, with Love, a sadistic gym teacher forces a student to jump a horse set well beyond the student’s ability.

After Dad died it fell to me to take Mom to the supermarket. We had radically different shopping styles. I was an aisle-by-aisle person working one end of the store to the other.

I sometimes worry about how my friend Anne drives.