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June 2015

June 09, 2015

What Jane Didn’t Tell Rochester

Jane Eyre is a manual for Christian romance and anybody in love should read it. The...

June 08, 2015

Lesson in Loving Well: Never, Ever Be St John Rivers

If you wish to be in love properly and have not read Jane Eyre, stop now. Read...

May 2015

May 23, 2015

Constantine not Benedict?

Constantine wanted a strong, united Roman Empire and at that time as did every other...

May 08, 2015

VE Day: Thank You

Men like my Uncle were heroes, but they did not brag about it. They stormed...

May 06, 2015

Grace Lee: She Taught Me To See

Grace Lee Whitney, actor and Star Trek star, is dead. She was eighty-five . ....

May 04, 2015

Why One Should Never Compare Anyone to the Nazi Party

A lot of people get called "Nazis," but very few of us know what the...

April 2015

April 28, 2015

Anti-Theists are Sure They Will Not Kill You This Time

Anti-theists are sending Christians to labor camps in China and killing us in North Korea,...

February 2015

February 26, 2015

On Hating IS and Loving People

I hate IS (the Islamic State): a true perversion of Islam, monotheism, and humanity. I...

February 21, 2015

Let Goods and Kindred Go

Here is an obvious truth of the Christian faith: you cannot serve money and God....

February 07, 2015

Stuck in Montgomery: a Tale of Joy

There is the problem of evil, but counterbalancing the petty evils are the unexpected joys...

February 05, 2015

Hallelujah! This is Not A Christmas Post

I have seen the future and it is good. I can be jolly even though...

February 04, 2015

Dear Ann Spambot: So So Sad to Get Your Spam

Every so often I get the following type of email in my box: Hello Dear,...

February 03, 2015

Nationwiding: A New Term

Nationwiding: The act of depressing a joyous event with anxious moralism. The entire nation experienced...

February 02, 2015

Oh No! I am an American Christian

A worry is abroad that we will Americanize our Christianity, but people should stop worrying....

January 2015

January 30, 2015

Becoming Stalin: Leadership “Lessons” To Avoid

I have been lucky to know and work for great leaders, one of them being...

January 27, 2015

The Problem with Bill Belichick

Bill Belichick is bad for sports. His badness is not helped if he is not...

January 25, 2015

Duck Dynasty and Dante: the Joyful Union

There are days for Duck Dynasty and days for Dante, but no days where I don't love...

November 2014

November 25, 2014

The Thin Blue Line and Death in America

Too many African-American young people are arrested in the United States. Too many African-American young...

August 2014

August 28, 2014

While We Sleep: The Guns of August

When one of my children is sick, nothing else matters to me. The world and...

August 18, 2014

Seven Conservative Truths Confirmed By Ferguson

Ferguson confirms many hard truths about the United States. We have a race problem and...

August 18, 2014

Weep for the Dead

Ferguson could only happen in the United States of America. Start with the original American...

August 13, 2014

The Guns of August

My least favorite picture from the First World War era shows the start of the...

August 12, 2014

Lessons in Leadership (I): Steve Jobs

I am reading books on leadership with a group of friends at HBU and we...

July 2014

July 01, 2014

On Minority Status in Sexual Ethics

Christians are a minority in the United States when it comes to sexual ethics in...

June 2014

June 30, 2014

Hobby Lobby: Why Traditionalist Will Win Long Term

A prediction: If the Hobby Lobby case decided by the Supreme Court stands, then long-term...

May 2014

May 15, 2014

Aspirations and the Problem of Purity

Aspiring to excellence, or at least goal setting, is a good thing but like every...

May 07, 2014

Good-bye “Psych,” Good Luck Castle

Family favorite Psych has no new episodes having lasted about two years past its expiration date. The...

April 2014

April 30, 2014

Men in the Arena

Friday reminds me why HBU is a higher education: the school is doing things and not...

April 28, 2014

The Worst Evangelical Blog Post Ever? A Raw, Authentic, Vulnerable Attempt to Write It.

Authenticity* is hard, requiring vulnerability, openness, and an acceptance of the fact that we are...

April 07, 2014

Knowing Pain, Growing in Pain

Christianity reserves all sexuality to the act of marriage, but not everyone can get married in the...