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November 2019

November 26, 2019
Insufferable calls to insufferable and so the Holiday survival guide is born. Somewhere a liberal...
November 25, 2019
Thankfulness at a moment of loss seems odd. Am I glad for death, pain, or suffering? No....
November 24, 2019
This is taken from my thoughts at a conference on Phillip E. Johnson’s work following...
November 23, 2019
This is taken from part of what I said at the memorial service for Phillip...
November 21, 2019
Of all the great things one can learn from Virgil’s Aeneid, and a great man...
November 21, 2019
Death comes and leaves blank spaces in our lives. Loved friends, mentors, and family leave...
November 20, 2019
In the Bleak Midwinter  When a friend dies, or a relative, that person may have...
November 19, 2019
Grasping for good things, can make us a bad thing. Imagine a church leader currying political...
November 18, 2019
Galveston is, roughly, twice as large as Manhattan. It is also entirely a gazillion times less...
November 17, 2019
A Mild Fan: Life With Star Wars as Excellent Entertainment  Star Wars changed movies for me:...
November 16, 2019
Every kid should get a dumb phone. Why? Having the ability to call home, text...
November 15, 2019
The Magic is Real  If magic were real, then what would you do with (say) an...
November 14, 2019
I am thankful to know His Grace Bishop Thomas, a teacher, leader, and compassionate man...
November 13, 2019
I asked for new voices and have received some wonderful writing. Here is another piece...
November 12, 2019
My grandfather was killed by Union Carbide. They couldn’t bother to give him asbestos protection,...
November 11, 2019
Education begins in wonder, asking the right questions, and never ends. That’s great, but if we...
November 10, 2019
Lying to the Leader: Self-Dealing or Clever?  Would you tell the leader, a President, Pope,...
November 09, 2019
My Brother Being Mean Did Not Justify My Taking His Candy  When I was a...
November 08, 2019
Winter, traditionally, was a time for tales in the northern parts of the world. People...
November 07, 2019
A Man’s Wife and His Mother: How is it going?  Every so often I run...
November 06, 2019
The Mob No more talking on’t. Let it be done. Away, away!* So says the...
November 05, 2019
Nobody’s perfect. The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill...
November 04, 2019
I have known Socrates and Gandalf, or at least men in this life who modeled...
November 03, 2019
The AOL discs came. You threw them out. AOL sent more. You let your kids...
November 02, 2019
Men must endure Their going hence, even as their coming hither; Ripeness is all.* So...
November 01, 2019
We do not, of course, always know what is good for us.  Our choices tend...

October 2019

October 31, 2019
I am writing a cycle of plays for each House of The College at Saint...
October 30, 2019
The Witch or the Wise Woman  Beware witchy witches and fight demons, but if you...
October 29, 2019
This Halloween I began to think of Miss Davis our neighbor and miss her mightily....
October 28, 2019
Just this Weekend: Fandom is Fun  Just this weekend my adult children (including a son-in-law),...
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