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November 2016

November 12, 2016

Become Fully Human: A Film on the “Nones” and Christianity

To paraphrase Terry Mattingly: the film is the novel of the 21st century. And if...

November 11, 2016

We Are Living In World War I Today

Veterans' Day is the day World War I "ended." The eleventh hour of the eleventh...

November 09, 2016

Wonderful to be An American in 2016: 10 Good Things

The United States of America is, taken as she is with all her faults, a...

November 08, 2016

Five Things to Watch on Election Day

Here are five things to watch today that will tell you about the next four...

November 07, 2016

A Good Pastor: Three Ways to Spot One (And A Clue to Any Good Leader)

Over the weekend our pastor, Father Richard, was honored for his work and character. His...

November 06, 2016

A Hearty Cheer for Paganism!

We can learn from Athens, but Athens would be wise to pause and realize that...

November 05, 2016

Recovering Part of a Discarded Image

CS Lewis wrote an outstanding introduction to Medieval thought in The Discarded Image. Perhaps we should...

November 04, 2016

Cubs win! (We should all be thankful for Chicago)

My birthplace was just outside of Chicago, a fact for which I have always felt...

November 03, 2016

Hope: Mostly It Is A Cheat, Except When It Isn’t (See Jesus)

The pagan Greeks were wise. They knew that life was tough and then you die....

November 02, 2016

Avoid Fraud School, Find the School of Wisdom: Theages and Education

About now colleges start begging for attention as the business of higher education cranks up....

November 01, 2016

Help Us Obi-Wan Kenobi: You’re our only hope.

I loved the film Star Wars from the start, because it was fun and too much...

October 2016

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 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 24, 2016

Love Nature, Because God

Aristotle had a problem. His students did not wish to do science, because mucking about...

October 21, 2016

DuBois was Right, but Washington Had a Point

W.E.B. DuBois inspires me to do my job: educate students classically for leadership in Houston,...

October 16, 2016

The Bees Came . . .

Imagine an entire project turning on the appearance of bees. So it was when The...

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 12, 2016

Ways to Win: Five Things to Avoid and Five Thing to Do to Prevent Cultural Collapse and Have a Jolly Time (2/5)

Preface for Those Not Reading Part I Cultures generally muddle through their problems. If...

October 03, 2016

All Hallow’s Coming- On Devils and a Party

I lived between two Halloweens: the time when Christian kids dressed up and had fun...

October 02, 2016

“Not My Game” is Historically Powerful

When Joshua was faced by the Captain of the Lord's Army, the new leader asked...

October 01, 2016

All Mom Has to Do Is

My mom put up with a great deal, including a son who thought he could...

September 2016

September 27, 2016

Give Me Wax for My Board, Even If I Cannot Surf for the Lord

Church songs are many and varied. As a pastor's kid, I sang them all and...

September 25, 2016

Let’s Be Perfect!

Jesus said a hard thing when He said: Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father...

September 22, 2016

A Story of 9/11 by a Friend from Libya

I did not write today's piece. It was given to me by a friend from...

September 21, 2016

Passion and Liberty!

We are simultaneously in a time that celebrates passion, but is pushing technology on us...

September 20, 2016

As Time Passes, Coming to the New Testament

Just tomorrow reading through the Bible for the year will bring me to books of...

September 17, 2016

We need happiness AND joy!

Christians need to stop attacking happiness. I don't know how it got started, but sometime...

September 15, 2016

100 Days Until Christmas: God of Waiting and Hiding

There are only one hundred days until Christmas and I can wait. This is not because I...

September 14, 2016

Avoiding Spiritual Plagiarism: A Damnable Offense

Stealing another person's work is bad enough that it can damage a Presidential campaign, ask...