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2021-06-19T12:20:07-04:00

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Pentecost! (Guest Voice: Bishop Thomas)

Last updated on: June 19, 2021 at 12:20 pm By John Mark N. Reynolds

We need fathers, patriarchs, in an age with too few true fathers. Bishop Thomas often is a guest voice here as a spiritual father. He is available to any who do not have a good earthly father or for those whose fathers have gone to glory. For those of us with outstanding earthly fathers, Bishop Thomas serves as a mentor, a teaching father. Here is Bishop Thomas on Pentecost: Nevertheless, I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go... Read more

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2021-06-20T09:22:02-04:00

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Thank God for the Patriarchy: Dad, His Dad, and all the Dads

Last updated on: June 20, 2021 at 9:22 am By John Mark N. Reynolds

1Let us now praise famous men, and our fathers that begat us. 2The Lord hath wrought great glory by them through his great power from the beginning. 3Such as did bear rule in their kingdoms, men renowned for their power, giving counsel by their understanding, and declaring prophecies: 4Leaders of the people by their counsels, and by their knowledge of learning meet for the people, wise and eloquent are their instructions . . . My Dad once preached a sermon... Read more

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2021-06-19T01:18:57-04:00

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Oh Moth! (The Eagle isn’t Coming to Isengard this Week)

Last updated on: June 19, 2021 at 1:18 am By John Mark N. Reynolds

We are not just animals. There is a greater purpose for each of us: a good end for each human generally and one particular to us if we choose wisely. The moth hit the water right in front of me. Someplace, somebody told me that once an insect makes contact with pool water, there is no sense trying to save the poor creature. I have, however, watched the Lord of the Rings movies too many times just to watch the moth suffer. In the... Read more

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2021-06-21T13:21:52-04:00

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Our Scientific Salvation Will Be The Death Of Us (Guest Voice: Eric Holloway)

Last updated on: June 21, 2021 at 1:21 pm By John Mark N. Reynolds

Will we trust “the science” (meaning the scientists) to the point of madness? Dr. Eric Holloway is an observer of the humanists and the scientists: a great texts degree, a MSc in Computer Science at the Air Force Institute of Technology and a PhD in Computer Engineering from Baylor University. He is not impressed with either group apart from the other. He began to worry about those opinion makers, influencers, he calls “the leaders of the moths.” These moth leaders... Read more

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2021-06-18T10:17:43-04:00

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A Sick Day, A Good Day

Last updated on: June 18, 2021 at 10:17 am By John Mark N. Reynolds

A bit of personal history and a small point: Once, just once, there was a splendid sick day. When I was a boy, Mom and Dad never questioned a request for a sick day. I did not like being sick and would get to school if at all possible. Going to school seemed my job and a man did his job: that was basic. There is good to this, but also folly. Once I remember needing to get to the bathroom, leaving... Read more

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2021-06-10T22:22:33-04:00

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The Ascension: Summation of the Christian Life (Guest Voice-Bishop Thomas)

Last updated on: June 10, 2021 at 10:22 pm By John Mark N. Reynolds

The great feast of the Ascension of the Lord is a summation of the entire Christian life. In the Ascension, we are reminded that this life on earth is not our final destiny. Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ ascended 40 days after His resurrection to prepare a place for us with His Father. That is our ultimate destination and should be the object of our thoughts, words, and deeds on a daily basis. However, this phronema or outlook concerning... Read more

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2021-06-17T20:04:24-04:00

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The Leaders of the Moths (Guest Voice: Eric Holloway)

Last updated on: June 17, 2021 at 8:04 pm By John Mark N. Reynolds

Often we assume that those who know should decide and in one sense that must be true. We sometime confuse knowing about a thing, say science facts, with knowing what to do about a thing. A man can know all the there is to know about his friend, but still not love him well. Merit has a place, but being bright, well credentialed, is not everything. A meritocracy has limits. Often those who have earned the credentials, won the prizes,... Read more

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2021-06-08T21:52:00-04:00

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Two Dead Rats in a Trap

Last updated on: June 8, 2021 at 9:52 pm By John Mark N. Reynolds

I once decided that our future prosperity could be secured by purchasing Southern California real estate. This would provide a place for my parents to live and start a community of college students who could learn from them. My best deal was up the street from us. We would move into the house while students lived in our old home. The engineers inspected and gave us a thumbs up. The house was fine. The detached garage, it turned out, was... Read more

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2021-06-06T09:23:36-04:00

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A Daughter’s Wisdom: Rejecting Elsie Dinsmore, Loving Jesus

Last updated on: June 6, 2021 at 9:23 am By John Mark N. Reynolds

To be a parent is to let go: to teach another human being to think, choose, and live for herself. The rewards are very great as all my, now adult, children teach me. We do not always agree, but I always learn. This is good and beautiful. Both my daughters have taught me, tomorrow one of these wonder women has a birthday. Here is an example of what she taught me when she was so very small, Red Sox jersey... Read more

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2021-06-03T16:51:51-04:00

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Why Fine Arts? (Guest Voice: Lauren Turner)

Last updated on: June 3, 2021 at 4:51 pm By John Mark N. Reynolds

Where there is no music, there is no dialectic. Where there is no art, there is no education. This late spring early summer, I have turned my thoughts toward the centrality of music and the other fine arts for education. Music matters: the Church started teaching me this as a boy and Plato clarified my thinking as a young man. Later the mothers and fathers of the Church kept repeating as I read their writings that in this is our... Read more

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