Managing the ‘Disaster After the Disaster’ @NJShorePatch
“You’ve probably been asked by out-of-state friends where to send Hurricane Sandy donations and what kind? It’s a daunting task to advise people when you’re in the midst of a crisis, but as the...
View ArticleWhen Storms Come @Faith&Leadership
Like a thrill ride gone terribly wrong, Hurricane Sandy barreled through my beloved Jersey Shore last month. Except during college and a six-year sojourn in California, this area has always been home,...
View ArticleWhich Is the Better Story @Image Journal’s Good Letters blog
“There’s a scene early in Ang Lee’s majestic Life of Pi film in which the main character watches everything he loves die. Pi is floating in a vast, murky sea as the ship carrying his family and their...
View ArticleRoller Girls Recover in Championship Style @NJShorePatch
There’s a saying in the entertainment business that “the show must go on,” but it’s not always true. For the Jersey Shore Roller Girls, the region’s all-female flat-track roller derby league, the...
View ArticleA New Kind of Heroine @TheHighCalling
The protaganist of Disney/Pixar’s newest feature film “Brave” is an unlikely heroine. The Scottish princess confronts and overcomes what she views as a constricted future for her life, but she also...
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