Ethics in the Dark
The true test of a man’s character is what he does when no one is watching.
John Wooden
Dear friends & family,
When my daughter Sarah volunteered to build a play station for our family reunion this summer, she put her employee discount to good use and filled our basement with Legos. Watching a dozen little builders assemble those colorful kits — “Lego” is a Danish portmanteau for “play well” — the sight awakened in me a dark memory from my own childhood I hope you will find instructive.
—Scott
Breakfast Prayer with Daddy
I learned the story of Cain and Abel around the time my younger brother and I were expected to share our first bin of Legos. After my five-year-old brain worked out how I could possess his half of my inheritance without getting caught, I devised a plan to eliminate both “Abel” and the all-seeing God who would surely question “Cain” after the deed was done. (read more)