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Obviously, there is no bigger topic today than all the ugly that happened in Paris, why it occurred, and how we individually, corporately, and nationally respond. It’s challenging to wrap one’s mind around the killing of the innocent and the motivating evil. While there are moments in my
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To think that last week we were talking about polarizing red cups and football uniforms is a little embarrassing today. Witnessing the horror in the streets of Paris wakes us up. I think it’s vital that what happened is not watered down in any way. I think it is
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We’ve had seemingly all sorts of hot-button, available, challenging topics in recent weeks — some of which we have specifically covered — some, alas, that we have not. Allow me a brief, but insufficient review… a review of what's happening simply in our schools... A teenage girl was
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We have such thin skin, it seems. I mean, what happened to the age old encouragement to let it roll off one’s back? Why do we get so upset? Why do we allow the little things to make us so mad and loud? I just read another story surrounding
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And then there was this… Joe Kennedy, an assistant high school football coach in Bremerton, Washington, was placed on paid administrative leave by the school district 10 days ago for bowing in prayer on the field following football games. He was not leading anyone in prayer — simply admittedly, praying himself.
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It’s just a game… Or so we say. Sometimes my sense is we’ve got the games and the non-games all mixed up. We discern some activities as a form of play or sport — and other activities as serious and life altering — when maybe they belong in the
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Today is election day. (For the record, another way to look at such is that there are precisely 371 days until next year’s presidential election. Yes, you did hear me sigh.) So what’s on the ballot across the country? Kentucky and Mississippi are each choosing a new Governor,
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I’ve realized I’m not always very good at something. Don’t get me wrong; I’m not down on myself. I am instead wrestling with the realization that there is something I passionately desire to always do well, and yet, I routinely fail in its application… What’s
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13 years ago, a sign hung on the wall of one prominent, presidential candidate’s headquarters. There were three lines on the sign. The first read, “Change vs. more of the same.” The last said, “Don't forget health care.” It was the middle line which soon became the
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We did a crazy thing last Thursday. After a full day of work and regularly scheduled activities — even including a sweet, high school choral concert right before we headed out — we hopped in our car a little after 9 p.m. and drove the 814 miles to see our oldest,
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As socialism has fascinatingly made its way into more of our national conversation — due to the impression that Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders seems an authentic, affable candidate — I thought it would be wise to begin to discuss what socialism actually is. Note that such is not a simple nor easily
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With Joe Biden finally, officially bowing out of the 2016 presidential race that he was never officially in (much to the semi-contained, private glee of the Hillary Clinton campaign), I'm reminded of a fantastic question I read a few weeks ago: why do good men pause? Here