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December 2016

December 13, 2016

Diplomatic Angels

Beautiful messengers of peace: that is the role of angels and that was what our...

December 12, 2016

Christmas around the World and in Our House

Jesus loves the whole world and Jesus loves my little family. Our family is about...

December 09, 2016

Stop Failing: Lessons from Virgil and Lucas

Don't Rejoice in Failure Dad knew a man who preached the same sermon every week....

December 08, 2016

Build a New City: At My Last First College Class Ever

Let's build a new city for the remnant of the people of God! That's a...

December 07, 2016

Remember After Pearl Harbor

By now on December 7, Pearl Harbor was a smoking ruin. The Empire of Japan...

December 06, 2016

We win! (Or Don’t be Troy)

Just when you think you have won, that is when many people lose. This lesson...

December 03, 2016

Beauty Dies First

Herod saw the eternal message of the Star of Bethlehem and could only think about...

December 02, 2016

Enjoy a Sappy Christmas by Having Actual Advent

By the time Christmas comes some people are tired of sappiness and feel happiness when...

December 01, 2016

Communism: Always Evil, Defenders, Decent Dupes

We can hate ideas, but we cannot hate people. At the same time, we can think about...

November 2016

November 27, 2016

Mozart and a Quiet Moment Without a Moment of Drowsiness

Listening to Mozart live is one of the few musical experiences where I am made...

November 18, 2016

What were they going to do, kill me?

My Papaw Earl was a brave man. He once earned a coin by climbing to...

November 17, 2016

I was guilty by association.

When I was in seventh grade at a school I shall protect, I was not...

November 14, 2016

Says the student: “I am Charlemagne.”

Today a first grader at The Saint Constantine School learned about Charlemagne. In a burst...

October 2016

October 31, 2016

The Costume Party Is An Adult Activity

Some events are not for adults. Trick-or-Treating door to door is one of those things. Don't do...

October 30, 2016

Know the Name, Love the Person

If your pastor's sermon doesn't cry out for note taking, then you need a new...

October 28, 2016

Mrs. Warren’s Profession: George Shaw was a Bad Man and Shavianism a Fraud

George Bernard Shaw, a workmanlike writer who offended all the right people, had a play...

October 27, 2016

We Have Beans: That’s Enough

My Nana lived through the Great Depression, though when she told me about her experiences,...

October 25, 2016

My Jedi Moment: Celebrating Halloween Well Three Ways

Halloween is coming. If you are convinced it is a pagan holiday, you are celebrating...

October 22, 2016

The Matter of Britain: Cheer Up, We are Doomed

The Matter of Britain, the story of King Arthur, has defied great story telling. There...

October 20, 2016

What I learned from “The Adventures of Reddy Fox”

When I was a little boy, a go-to author was Thornton W. Burgess, because he...

October 15, 2016

Ways to Win: Five Things to Avoid and Five Things to Do to Avoid Cultural Collapse and Have a Jolly Time (5/5)

Final Preface: the Constantine Strategy The World War II generation inherited the good and the...

October 14, 2016

Ways to Win: Five Things to Avoid and Five Things to Do to Avoid Cultural Collapse and Have a Jolly Time (4/5)

It can get worse. Preface for those not reading Parts I, II, III Cultures die...

October 13, 2016

Ways to Win: Five Things to Avoid and Five Things to Do to Avoid Cultural Collapse and Have a Jolly Time (3/5)

Preface for Those Not Reading Part I and II Cultures must adapt to change or...

October 11, 2016

Ways to Win: Five Things to Avoid and Five to Do to Prevent Cultural Collapse and Have a Jolly Time (1/5)

Of Frogs and Muddling Through Don't put frogs in pots and turn up the heat....

October 10, 2016

What happens if you are right?

My dad once told me (as dads should) that it was harder to be a...

October 09, 2016

Going Forward in Beauty: Be of Good Cheer!

I am joyful just now, because this is a great moment for God's people. Too many...

October 08, 2016

Going Forward in Virtue

Christianity is not a religion of retreat and the Faith is thriving, growing around the...

October 07, 2016

A Story Will Save Us

A story is powerful enough to make something false appear attractive. Just now I am...

October 06, 2016

Fandoms are the Only Good Video Viewers . . . or Not

Meet a fan of a show like Buffy, Firefly, or Star Trek and a great many people are...

October 04, 2016

Take Hope and Do Something

The Great Depression could be greatly depressing or so my grandparents told me. One grandfather...