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September 2017

September 04, 2017

In the Houston Flood, People at a Day of Reckoning

In the Houston flood, I saw people come to a day of reckoning and for...

September 03, 2017

Houston Flood: Prayer Keeps Working, Pity the Critics

I am tired. You get tired in a flood, because decisions keep coming, even if...

August 2017

August 31, 2017

In a Flood: Time to Broaden the Vision and Love My Neighbor

And now the real work begins for a Christian.

August 30, 2017

What You Save in a Flood

There was a flood in Houston, they called the storm Harvey, and the water got...

August 29, 2017

Hurricane Harvey: Singing As the Water Rises

Hurricane Harvey has overwhelmed the system and so we are left in God's hands. This...

August 28, 2017

Prayers amid Hurricane Harvey

Prayer is the best action one can take in a storm.

August 23, 2017

If Only You Could Call Me Al: Three Truths for Educators

A wise song says that given certain conditions you can "call me Al." That should be...

August 19, 2017

Beauty and the Bestial School

"Beauty had charms to tame the savage beast," so Disney and fairy tales tell us....

August 17, 2017

Finding Demons – Questions from M*

Satan is real, he is active, and he must be opposed. Christianity suggests this is...

August 16, 2017

My Candy Cigarettes

This birthday Mom and Dad bought me a box of candy I loved as a...

August 11, 2017

She is Bigger than the City!

There is a reason the love of money is the root of all kinds of...

August 06, 2017

Dung to Lilies: In the Beauty of the Lilies He Transfigures You and Me

Sometimes you will pick up the cutest child only to catch a whiff of the...

August 05, 2017

Being for More

"What did the pastor preach?" "About sin." "What did he say?" "He was against it."...

August 01, 2017

Post Barton – Christianity and the Constitution- Warren Throckmorton

A Note from John Mark N. Reynolds: Christians in the academy disagree on many things,...

July 2017

July 30, 2017

Dunkirk: When the Titanic wasn’t your bravest day

Imagine living a life where being brave and surviving the Titanic disaster was not your...

July 29, 2017

Lyston: Thank You (Giving Class to Carnival)

Do not be discouraged. Good people abound. Here is a shout out to Lyston who...

July 28, 2017

For Love and Not Money: How to Be the Richest Man in Town

Frank Capra taught me how to be the richest man in town.

July 27, 2017

They Took Our Religion and Gave Us Opioids

The great thing about a cruise is meeting people . . . at one point...

July 26, 2017

In Praise of the Art on Your Fridge

When a boy I wrote a very bad poem that began: “Cry for an age...

July 24, 2017

A Candid Talk about a Silent Killer: UUH

Let’s have a candid talk about UUH, a problem most people ignore until it is...

July 23, 2017

Being an Extra in God’s Story

Our life is not a movie, thank God. Movies end, life also ends, but unlike...

July 22, 2017

On Marriage, Three Truths: To Jane on Her Wedding

Dear Jane, Today you are getting married, an institution wise people have called the "a...

July 21, 2017

Three Things My Daughters Teach Me

Babies are born and require everything. You start parenting as both the source of all needs...

July 20, 2017

On Being the Happiest Millionaire: As Jane Gets Married

Pardon me if I cry a bit. The Happiest Millionaire is the best failed film Disney...

July 17, 2017

Lord Teach Us to . . . Play?

The news is bad: we cannot do anything that will give meaning and purpose to...

July 16, 2017

Mere Christianity, Mere Orthodoxy — Questions from M

Everyone has a calling. Mine has been to educate Socratically, best I could. My issues...

July 15, 2017

Christianity: the Rumor that is True — Questions from M

She was an odd child who always seemed to know what was happening. I recall...

July 14, 2017

Proving Christianity is False — Questions from M

I once wished Christianity, particularly traditional Christianity, was false. Professionally, I was told that being...

July 13, 2017

Picking out the True God, Which God Is Real — Questions from M

We can find God, know God, and pick God out from all the other godlings.

July 12, 2017

Keep on the Firing Line!

Let's never be sad sacks, instead find where God has put us and keep on the...