We were at my brother’s residence in San Mateo County, just south of San Francisco — watching the college football playoffs — when my sister, who lives in San Francisco’s Richmond District, where I was planning on spending the night, texted us to let us know that the power was out in ...

With only three years left in his presidency, Donald J. Trump does not want to be forgotten, not ever. Like an emperor of olden days or a 20th-century tyrant, he is engraving his name on both old and new monuments wherever he can. At the beginning of December, he had his name carved on the ...

“Let there be light,” said the voice opening scripture eons before he cried out, pushed out of his mother’s womb. The light bringer brought light into the world in the middle of the dark of night and on the day he died, in the middle of the day, the world went dark. The light left, but ...

The American dream of home ownership — the foundational building block of familial wealth — has been central to our culture for generations, but it’s slowly being killed off when it becomes clear that this dream has a catch: You never really own your home. Who does? Well first, the ...

We all know that God works in mysterious ways. Recently, I was deeply moved at a theatrical production of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol.” This is the famous and popular tale of the transformation and redemption of Ebenezer Scrooge from a rasping, grasping old miser into a lovable, ...

When Lynnda had her breast cancer surgery last year, she had prayers from friends around the world. The oncologist gave all her options after surgery, one was preventive radiation. He talked about eastern medicine versus western medicine. Doc said radiation could reduce reoccurrence by 50%. ...