Stephen Colbert and Christ Pantocrator: A Week in a Second City Improv Intensive

I stood in Piper's Alley, in the hallway of the Second City Training Center in Chicago, and looked at a photo of Stephen Colbert.  It was taken twenty years ago, when he was a student there.  He looked very young.  His hair was in a messy part, and there was something unruly about his jacket … Continue reading Stephen Colbert and Christ Pantocrator: A Week in a Second City Improv Intensive

My Week with God – Living within Ecclesiastes

Professor Fredal was talking about Ecclesiastes.  Wealth, reputation, accomplishment, none of these things matter, he said.  The ultimate and only reality is death.  Everything else is vanity and the chasing after winds.  The wise and the foolish both die.  It doesn't matter how you live your life. In the third row, a girl with blonde … Continue reading My Week with God – Living within Ecclesiastes