Merrick Siebenaler

I begged my mother for an annual pass to Disneyland as a tween. Decades later, I’m glad she never relented and here’s why: Our family went to the happiest place on

Just before Christmas, our pastor, Felipe, and I were talking about algorithms. Once the subject of only career mathematicians and computer engineers, they're ubiquitous now. Our social media feeds, website ads

There are two topics the classic maxim warns us not to bring up at the holiday dinner table: religion and politics. As one of the people responsible for asking, receiving, and thanking you—

Call me a hypocrite: my reflection this week is going to be about waiting, but I recently binged the entire series, Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy. He travels the regions of the country

Thanksgiving in NYC is a tradition in my life. Having worked for the church more than two decades, it's a secular holiday—which means I can take a Sunday off—and