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May 2009

May 04, 2009

A student again

Every year our congregation brings in a scholar for an in-depth, day-long seminar on some...

April 2009

April 29, 2009

Pontiac blues

I am lamenting the end of the Pontiac line, as GM sheds brands in an...

April 23, 2009

Credit card reform

After great effort, we paid down one of our credit cards by half. Whereupon we...

April 22, 2009

Wingren’s book on vocation

Justin Taylor at Between Two Worlds announces that Westminster Theological Seminary is selling Gustav Wingren's...

April 13, 2009

Baptism at the Easter Vigil

We've been in St. Louis over the Easter weekend. Our granddaughter Mary May Hensley was...

April 06, 2009

Complex movie experience

When I was 8 years old, I read a comic book called "Hercules Unchained" based...

March 2009

March 30, 2009

Basketball woes

I want to apologize to the Oklahoma Sooner basketball team, to my fellow alumni, the...

February 2009

February 24, 2009

Fasting reconsidered

Among Christians who observe Lent, the conventional wisdom today is that we shouldn't just give...

February 11, 2009

Tornado in Lone Grove

Tornados struck my native Oklahoma last night, killing 15 people in Lone Grove, a little...

February 04, 2009

My granddaughter

I've got to show you this new picture of our granddaughter Elizabeth:

January 2009

January 28, 2009

Trickle Down vs. Seep Up economics

Republicans trying to help the economy have pushed for "trickle down economics." That is, help...

December 2008

December 26, 2008

“The Tale of Despereaux”

We just got back from the movies, where I was privileged to be in attendance...

December 26, 2008

Cool Christmas presents

So what did you get for Christmas? In addition to many thoughtful and useful gifts...

December 10, 2008

Sorry for not being here

If you missed your daily Cranach fix, I apologize. I'm on the road and I...

December 08, 2008

Our unborn granddaughter at 26 weeks

I can already see that she looks like her mother! These new "4D" ultrasounds may...

December 08, 2008

She predicts the Sooners’ final ranking

December 05, 2008

My rare Art Book for sale cheap

I have come into possession of some extra copies of my book Painters of Faith:...

October 2008

October 27, 2008

Christianity in Europe

I just got back from North Carolina, where I gave one of the annual Luther...

October 15, 2008

My granddaughter’s emotional range

I love pictures of babies when they are laughing. I also love pictures of babies...

October 15, 2008

Birthday thoughts

The British TV series "Life on Mars" is terrific, though the new American remake is...

October 07, 2008

What I look for in candidates

I don't evaluate candidates on how well they spew out facts and statistics. That's a...

September 2008

September 29, 2008

Reading tips

Thanks for the suggestions for books of light reading. Quite a few of them I...

September 26, 2008

Looking for a good book

I went into a Barnes & Nobles recently and found no book that I wanted...

September 12, 2008

Elizabeth’s Baptism

We'll be taking off today to travel to Ft.Wayne for our new grand-daughter Elizabeth's baptism....

September 08, 2008

Meeting your parents

I was speaking at the Texas Confessional Lutheran conference over the weekend, so I missed...

August 2008

August 29, 2008

We have a grand-daughter!

Our youngest daughter, Mary, had her baby! Her name is Elizabeth: So fair! So delicate!

August 19, 2008

Latin in a Week: Ave, magistra!

My daughter Joanna recently taught an online class for Veritas Press entitled "Latin in a...

July 2008

July 14, 2008

Out of the woods

Well, we are back from our vacation. I will report on our adventures by means...

July 05, 2008

The vocation of vacation

Friends, we're en route to Oklahoma, where much of the time we will be at...

July 04, 2008

My former students?

In the "secret identity" post, "Cindy" outed herself as the former Cindy Evers, one of...