Paul Keefer

Right outside our patio window, there are sparkling lights hung for the Christmas season. We took everything else down, but it felt right to keep these up, especially with the early darkness that plagues winter in the Midwest. And more beautifully, the sparkling lights illuminate the snow that is covering the ground outside in Cincinnati. With one of the most intense winter storms we have had in quite some time, it makes the outdoors look like a soft blanket. Moments like the

Every great adventure story begins with a man or woman setting out to find something worth looking for. It might be a romance, a dragon that needs slaying, or discovering who they are. Whatever it is, the cause is worthy, something valuable enough to endure the adversity they are destined to experience on the journey. And most of all, it is something human, because we are drawn to it when we read these stories or see them on the movie screen. There is something deeper to them