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June 2018

June 05, 2018
Busy people wish to short circuit learning, but there is not a fast way to...
June 04, 2018
Doing Right is Winning  Winning does not mean getting rich or famous because good, true,...
June 03, 2018
Tonight I was reminded of my need for mercy through the last tour of singer-song...
June 02, 2018
Prejudice means we often get what we expect. The oppressed are clever enough to give...
June 01, 2018
There is a little miracle in the city of Nacogdoches, Texas: the Fredonia Hotel. Built...

May 2018

May 31, 2018
Sam followed Mr. Frodo to Doom. Sam served, as was his place given his personality...
May 30, 2018
Joan of Arc was born into Paradise today. Remember her and know hope. We got...
May 29, 2018
Tuesday, May 29th and the faithful are in Church, some of them. Others defend the...
May 28, 2018
Solo is a fine film and that might be good for the Star Wars universe. This...
May 27, 2018
Graduation time brings out the inspirational quote. One quotation keeps showing up, disasterous advice and...
May 26, 2018
Memorial Day in West Virginia was about veterans or at least that is how I...
May 25, 2018
Skepticism is a good tool in any thinking person’s toolbox. Anybody selling anything deserves a...
May 24, 2018
I have come to praise John McCain, not to condemn him. May God grant him...
May 23, 2018
Faith and Proper Evidence* What does a Christian mean when he says he takes an...
May 22, 2018
The great thing about smart friends is they remind you of things. A classics professor...
May 21, 2018
Constantine the Great, like Plato, manages to make enemies on the atheist and religious fringe....
May 20, 2018
Christian higher education is broken in ways that money will not fix. In fact, an...
May 19, 2018
If you have a wedding, nothing is worse than the vows you wrote yourself, at...
May 18, 2018
Unless you are Stalin, Mao, or a few other people in history, nobody deserves to...
May 17, 2018
An odd thing about our times: it is hard to agree with authority, at least...
May 16, 2018
”She,” a friend noted, “is going out with you out of pity.” This was fine....
May 15, 2018
“Success, recognition, and conformity are the bywords of the modern world where everyone seems to...
May 14, 2018
To do theology well is to pray well. Praying requires a “tough mind and a...
May 13, 2018
Administration must be cut, radically cut (including salaries), at most schools. That’s the truth and...
May 12, 2018
My Papaw Reynolds had a favorite saying: “Don’t step backwards or the Devil will step...
May 11, 2018
Reading Ibn Rushd (Averroes) is good: He is a careful reasoner and a chief cause...
May 10, 2018
Mother’s Day. Father’s Day. Christmas. I am tempted to dodge writing about holidays just now,...
May 09, 2018
Nobody should complain at a party: rejoice with those who rejoice. I love graduations and...
May 08, 2018
Dorothy Sayers rightly mourned The Lost Tools of Learning and I share her sorrow. Fortunately...
May 07, 2018
She is the woman at the well, who met Jesus who told her all she...
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