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March 2016

March 30, 2016

Unafraid of Risk Without Being a Lunatic

A wonderful side of living motivated by love is being unafraid of risk without becoming...

March 29, 2016

Love God and Do What You You Will

Between the state of the Presidential race and a world where a pastor is crucified...

March 25, 2016

Whatever You Are Doing: Love Is Available

We say we are not judgmental, but we are. Have the wrong views on a...

March 24, 2016

The Son was like the Mother: They Said “Yes”

She said "yes" so the God Man could say "yes." The mother modeled the behavior...

March 22, 2016

Faith, Reason, and Telling People What They Really Think

"You really like this," my wife would say about some food I really did not...

March 20, 2016

As the Universe Has Agreed . . .

I love Jesus. Why? When I am loving Jesus best, my life agrees with the...

March 17, 2016

Dreaded Jelly Disease

When I was a boy, there were few things I dreaded more than "jelly disease"...

March 14, 2016

Humility: the forgotten Christian value this Election Year

The United States needs some humility, but God help us if we don't find it...

March 13, 2016

Trumpism: How am I responsible?

A person I respect challenged me the other day over "Trumpism." Why have so many...

March 09, 2016

If Trump fans are right, we should not vote for Trump: We Do Not Know Donald Trump

Talking to people who love Donald J. Trump is helpful. Leave out the Twitter-bot White...

March 05, 2016

Sometimes We Are All Chockers: Peter, Lincoln, and The Rest of Us

This is not really about politics. The other day Donald Trump said that "Little Marco"...

February 2016

February 28, 2016

Who is buried in Grant’s Tomb?

The old joke has an answer: "Who is buried in Grant's tomb?" Nobody. Grant is...

February 24, 2016

Eat Your Cold Cereal Now

A bowl of cereal is, I am told, too inconvenient for many millennials. One is...

February 22, 2016

Six Sure Signs You Picked the Wrong Church

I learned about bad churches by talking to students. I had to do so, because...

February 19, 2016

Don’t Kill A Mocking Bird

The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience." - To...

February 14, 2016

“OK, Next:” Be of Good Cheer

LORD, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither do I exercise myself...

February 13, 2016

Justice Scalia: A Great Man Has Fallen

Let us now praise famous men, and our fathers that begat us. The Lord hath...

February 05, 2016

OJ was Guilty: Let’s not Repeat the Mistakes that Set Him Free

OJ Simpson and his murders are back in the media. I recently reviewed the worthwhile...

January 2016

January 31, 2016

A Wee Little Man

When I was a little boy, the only thing I knew about this man was...

January 29, 2016

Caught by Jesus

The greatest manhunt in history ended in failure when the Romans and the Jewish leaders...

January 24, 2016

LinLin the Dog: When Love Goes Awry

Walking down the hallway of a hotel, I saw a terrifying sight: a painting of...

January 21, 2016

Tyranny Demands Mediocrity

Mao recognized that the Chinese Communist Party was making huge blunders because it was closed...

January 20, 2016

Evidence is Extraordinary

Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. This is a true as far as it goes, except...

January 16, 2016

Vision with Integrity: What We Need in Education

I have known leaders with vision, but without integrity. This is Gary Hart: a man...

January 15, 2016

Proud to Have Learned Some New York Values

At heart, though I was born in Illinois, and spent only seven years there, I...

January 09, 2016

Love and Loyalty: Intense Romance

Today I saw the marriage between two people who know the meaning of community: loving...

January 08, 2016

My Experience of God

What should we say or do when we are pressed for reasons to believe? Orthodox...

January 07, 2016

Falling in Love with Normal Time

It isn't Christmas anymore. The New Year is old enough that I have had to...

January 06, 2016

Meaningful Work: An Issue for Our Time

There was a science fiction short story, I cannot recall the name, which predicted in...

January 05, 2016

Last Sleep of Christmas

If music be the food of love . . . play on. So Shakespeare, the...