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Onsi Kamel grew up as an evangelical but became highly attracted to Roman Catholicism.  In...

When we were in Australia earlier this summer, I did a couple of interviews for...

Crossway is holding a sale on the e-book of Family Vocation:  God's Calling in Marriage,...

When you went on family vacations, did you visit historic landmarks?  Did your parents take...

When we were raising our children, there were some words that we did not allow...

Mad Magazine is ceasing publication after a 67-year run.  The satirical magazine--which was a formative...

I just heard from Crossway that they are running a special promotion of my book...

We just got back from the Outback.  Of the many strange and quirky marvels we...

Dawn Bornemann posted on her Face Book page a link to something on a church...

An Aboriginal boy between the age of 10 and 16 will go on "walkabout," a...

Did you know that our military has the capability of shooting down artillery shells?  Even...

The magazine Interest Time has a special issue on vocation.  The lead article "Vocation: How God...

  Those who keep up with me on this blog know that I've been doing...

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,...