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Sam Anderson is a writer for the New York Times Magazine who came to Oklahoma...

I am saddened at the death of Bre Payton, one of my students at Patrick...

As I keep harping on in this blog, the white working class in rural small...

Yesterday, November 11, was Veterans Day, which is also being observed today.  (Those of you...

Last week I was in Houston.  While my wife was on an accreditation visit for...

Google has some new algorithms, so Patheos told its writers to bolster the E.A.T. factor...

Our recent post about proselytizing has gotten me thinking about "sheep-stealing."  One kind of proselytizing...

When we retired a few years ago, we moved back to Oklahoma, where our roots...

I recently wrote a post called My BBQ Pilgrimage about my five days in Texas visiting acclaimed...

TV bon vivant Anthony Bourdaine committed suicide last week, just days after fashion mogul Kate...

The week before last I found myself in Texas at the very epicenter of the...

Memorial Day should include memories.  The holiday was established specifically to remember those who died defending...

My son-in-law Adam Hensley,  Old Testament Lecturer at Australian Lutheran College, has just published his book Covenant...

In 1961, the Nazi official Adolf Eichmann was put on trial for his role in...

Thirty-seven years ago, I stumbled upon an article by Peter Berger, "The Class Struggle in...

I hate promoting myself, but I have to share with you this review of my...

Since retiring to a small Oklahoma town, such as the one I grew up in,...

We leave Australia early Thursday morning for our 17 hour flight back to the U.S.A. ...

The essence of Christianity is not good advice, but good news.  And there is a...

I just got back from our Good Friday service.  Here in Australia we're a day...

Our new granddaughter, Hannah Grace Hensley, was baptized on Palm Sunday.  Now comes Holy Week. ...

Our daughter here in Australia had her baby!  In the photo you can see John,...

Today we leave for Australia, where we will be through the month of March, coming...

James W. Sire, the former editor of InterVarsity Press, has died at the age of...

The Concordia Publishing House blog has posted an interview with Rev. Trevor Sutton and me...

Was my response an indication that I would eventually leave the bland, liberal mainline Protestantism...

The church had no creeds. You could believe whatever you wanted! Surely that's a formula...

Christmas greetings to all of you!  Many thanks to both long-time readers and the legions...

  A week or so ago, I noticed that several hundred readers had accessed the...

Before we retired a couple of years ago and moved to Oklahoma, we attended St....