The side effects of love shouldn't be injury, degradation By Jodi Derrick Ever seen those TV commercials for the latest wonder drugs touting all the cures and life-changing results you can expect when you take their marvelous medication? The people in the ads look so blissful and healthy, they almost make you want to take [...]
It's good to rest, to put aside worries and responsibilities for a time and revel in the gifts God has given us. By Jodi Detrick If the pictures popping up on Facebook are any indication, vacation season is here again. Several of my friends are taking trips, visiting people they love but rarely get to [...]
...and God is the Crucial Ingredient By Jodi Detrick Sometimes people ask where I get ideas for this column [Faith and Values, with the Seattle Times]. I wish I could say they bubble up out of a brilliant mind (hardly!) or come in a dream where my only part is to be the mystic stenographer. [...]
By Jodi Detrick  I'm always amazed at the creative ways people come up with to make a buck. Through the years, I've bought my share of household gadgets (It slices! It dices! It cleans itself and brings you pancakes in bed!) that didn't quite live up to the hawker's claims. With the economy still being [...]