If you've ever been a child (especially one with a sibling) or had children or been a classroom full of children, chances are you've encountered a situation like this: there has been an argument. It seems HUGE. There have been oaths sworn about never talking to...

We know the definitions of words that end in -spire...but do we know what they literally mean? All these -spire endings come from the Latin spirare, which means "to breathe." So let's examine our English words! Conspire - literally "breathe together"Perspire -...

With my Patrons & Peers group, I'm reading a book called Devotional Classics, which has excerpts from all sorts of theologians from a variety of Christian backgrounds. A few weeks ago, we read a bit by Bernard of Clairveaux. He was talking about the four levels of...

Did you know that muscle comes from mouse? You didn't read that wrong. Apparently back in Ancient Greece, someone thought that bulging muscles (think biceps) resembled mice. So mys was the root for both words, and that just carried right up on through the millennia...