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How Much Money Do You Make? 26 Aug 2013 | 08:50 pm
This weekend, our pastor asked people to raise their hands as he called out different age groups. He had us do it again in response to whether we were men or women. He then said with a laugh that we ...
What Are You Reading? 24 Aug 2013 | 08:04 pm
I ran into some friends at a restaurant recently. As they chatted at our table, I noticed their sixth grade daughter holding a Kindle. I asked, "What are you reading?" She shot a nervous glance at her...
Faithful Extravagance 18 Aug 2013 | 02:09 am
Our son, age 12, has started serving in a regular way at church. For the past two summers he has run tech during VBS. Now he is running tech the third weekend of each month for our Special Friends m...
Pure Love 17 Aug 2013 | 12:06 am
When I first started listening to music as a teen, I listened to country. In fact, I still have a fondness for Ronnie Milsap, The Oak Ridge Boys, Michael Martin Murphey, Johnny Lee, T.G. Sheppard, Al...
Adding Points to the Man Card 15 Aug 2013 | 06:37 pm
I am an academic. I teach Latin and have published numerous articles and books. I am very grateful to all those who have given me honors or awards. There is nothing quite so satisfying, though, as ...
Stooges, Elvis, and Condoms 15 Aug 2013 | 05:23 am
This summer I finally found a clip I had remembered from my youth and long searched for, The Three Stooges' "Swingin' the Alphabet." I decided to show it to my Latin I classes after telling them the E...
Man or Reptile? 11 Jul 2013 | 07:38 pm
A man is brave and courageous. This does not mean fearless. Jesus prayed in the garden of Gethsemane that His Father would take the cup of suffering from Him. Yet He concluded the prayer by saying, "N...
What's Right For You 9 Jul 2013 | 07:47 pm
In a recent post, I wrote about Fran Striker's 1936 novel The Lone Ranger. The quotation I cited in that post bears repeating for another look. In it, the character Frank McDowell, a tough railroad wo...
When the Department of Justice is Ignorant of Legal Maxims 3 Jul 2013 | 06:55 am
Elizabeth Scalia has written a piece about Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, who wrote the dissenting opinion in the recent SCOTUS decisions regarding DOMA and Proposition 8. She shows how he has...
The Courage of One's Convictions 1 Jul 2013 | 06:58 pm
I recently finished reading Fran Striker's 1936 novel that debuted the famous masked lawman of the west. The Lone Ranger is a simple tale of right and wrong with characters drawn so broadly that the g...
