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February 2013

February 25, 2013

Refuse to Do Nothing: Be a Revolutionary

I issue the same warning to students: I'm trying to turn you all into revolutionaries. ...

February 22, 2013

Fried Baloney & Foxp2

I'm not sure it's the kind of protein you can get from eating fried baloney...

February 21, 2013

What he said

The following is Oscar Pistorius’ statement, as read to the court by his lawyer during his...

February 20, 2013

In Pursuit of Self-Indulgence

So you heard about this fellow in Washington State who ordered the most expensive...

February 19, 2013

Our Greatest Distraction

"I think God wants us to be whole, too, but maybe sometimes the only way...

February 18, 2013

Immigration Reform: No easy answers

I bought a new bird feeder this week, along with a bag full of new...

February 14, 2013

Rethinking Lent

When I was growing up in the Bible Belt no one ever mentioned Lent. I...

February 12, 2013

Guns-N-Churches

Well as far as I'm concerned Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe just struck a blow...

February 07, 2013

Women in Combat

Frances L. Clayton was a woman who, dressing and acting as a man, served in...

February 04, 2013

What’s a Gay Boy Scout to do?

This week the Boy Scouts of America will vote on whether or not to end...

February 03, 2013

We’d All Be Lunatics

Writing, for me, is a form of praying. I often think of John 1:1: In the...

February 01, 2013

God’s Super Bowl Team

With the Big Game just days away you probably have your checklist of things...

January 2013

January 29, 2013

The Making of Myth

We are sorting through Mama's things. Sweaters and shoes. Glassware and gardening books. Microwave and toaster...

January 27, 2013

Headed to Africa

When our kids were still all in elementary school, we hosted two young boys...

January 25, 2013

Colin Kaepernick: Mother & Child Reunion

I don't know if you have been following all the hoopla over the upcoming Super...

January 23, 2013

The Poet Incarnate

I tried to find him, asked everyone I came across: Do you know the name...

January 22, 2013

When Roe v. Wade becomes personal

Editor's Note: The following is an excerpt from AFTER THE FLAG HAS BEEN FOLDED...

January 21, 2013

Good ‘n Evil

He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps...

January 17, 2013

Giving Unemployment the Texas Boot: Kathy Patrick

If it is true what they say about necessity being the mother of invention, then...

January 17, 2013

If the NRA were a Religion

If the NRA were a religion (and let's face it, it is the only...

January 15, 2013

Confessionals: Foster & Armstrong

If you need any more proof of what a conflicted people we have become,...

January 14, 2013

God’s Poetry in a Doll

You ever have one of those ah-ha moments when you discover something you would never...

January 13, 2013

Surprising Pick

So while I was busy wrapping up the manuscript for my upcoming novel -- MOTHER...

January 10, 2013

Saying Yes to Gay Marriage: National Cathedral

Congress gave it the designation of the National House of Prayer. The funerals of...

January 08, 2013

Hagel: Right Man for the Job

Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) would undoubtedly complain if Jesus Christ himself was singled out by...

January 07, 2013

The Art Factory Ministry

I have not been to Europe since 1957. We left Germany when I was six...

January 05, 2013

A Tupperware Coffin

Mama ordered a $10 plastic urn. The nit-pickiest woman on planet earth - the...

December 2012

December 30, 2012

Getting Mama Ready

In 1966, when we got word of my father’s death, it was my brother’s...

December 28, 2012

A Good Mama is Hard to Lose

Shelby Jean Mayes Spears, 75, died after a brief bout of cancer at her son’s...

December 27, 2012

In Silence

Death is the most decisive moment in human life. It is like our coronation:...

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