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April 2012

April 12, 2012

I’m speaking at an online apologetics conference

Do you like to go to conferences--say, a big conference on apologetics--but don't have the...

April 09, 2012

E-books are increasing reading

E-books and e-readers are increasing the amount of reading that is going on. People who...

March 2012

March 26, 2012

Edgar Rice Burroughs & his failed movie

I mentioned to our daughter that we were going to the movies this weekend. "What...

March 16, 2012

An interview about “Family Vocation”

Christianity Today interviewed Mary and me about our new book: For Gene Edward Veith Jr.,...

March 05, 2012

Help me decide for Super Tuesday

The state where I now live, Virginia, has its presidential primary on Tuesday, joining nine...

March 05, 2012

Oklahoma and the “conservative life”

Last Thursday the Washington Post had a big feature article--on the front page, no less--about...

March 02, 2012

What they are saying about our book Family Vocation

Please indulge me in another post about our book Family Vocation: God's Calling in Marriage,...

March 01, 2012

Our new book on family vocations is out!

I have a new book that I wrote with my daughter, Deaconness Mary Moerbe, with...

February 2012

February 22, 2012

Lenten observances

I love the Lenten season and it always does me good. I try to discipline...

February 07, 2012

Join us for morning prayer & devotions online

I am always saying how I appreciate my congregation, St. Athanasius Lutheran Church, and our...

February 06, 2012

Yet another grandchild!

Lucy Joyce Hensley. This is our second grandchild in one month. At this rate,...

February 06, 2012

I am a bad American

I did not watch the Superbowl. I turned my back on America's great unifying festival,...

January 2012

January 19, 2012

National Champions

Forget about the BCS Bowls, the NCAA tournament, and the tortured definitions of "student athlete." ...

January 12, 2012

Margaret Magdalena Moerbe

Our sixth grandchild was born today! So bright-eyed and alert already!

January 02, 2012

Virginia’s Republican loyalty oath

First, Virginia prevents everybody except Romney and Paul from appearing on the Republican primary ballot. ...

December 2011

December 27, 2011

A blogging hero?

I don't like to blow my own horn. I don't even like to call attention to ...

December 23, 2011

God bless us, every one!

I would like to wish all of you readers--conservatives and liberals, Lutherans and non-Lutherans and...

December 05, 2011

Bedlam in Oklahoma and in the BCS

The rivalry in my native Oklahoma between the Sooners of the University of Oklahoma and...

October 2011

October 19, 2011

God is Red

On Monday night, the dissident Chinese author Liao Yiwu gave a reading on my campus. ...

October 14, 2011

The Big 6-0

On Saturday I pass from middle-aged to aged. I will turn 60. I will go...

October 14, 2011

Manliness: A Contest

One of my former students, Nathan Martin, had worked with Reagan culture czar Bill Bennett...

September 2011

September 15, 2011

Black Cherokees

I grew up in northeast Oklahoma: Cherokee country. Many of my African-American friends growing up...

September 02, 2011

No more congressional pages

When I was a youth, back in the olden days, I got to serve as...

August 2011

August 29, 2011

He could-a been the champion of the world

Our week that began with an earthquake ended with a hurricane. But, as it happened,...

August 24, 2011

I felt the earth. move. under my feet

I was writing in my office at school when, around 1:51 yesterday, the building and...

August 15, 2011

Rest & restlessness

Well, we are back from our Alaskan cruise. What a great vacation. A cruise ship...

August 09, 2011

Hard life

One of the things that has struck me, as we cruise by in luxury, is...

August 05, 2011

At sea

On the cruise just entering Glacier Bay. We just saw some whales. What luxury this...

August 03, 2011

Alaska report

As I said we'd be, we are in Alaska. This land is vast. This one...

July 2011

July 29, 2011

North to Alaska

This weekend we head up to Alaska. Anywhere to get away from this heat! No,...