Jeff Hual brings back from a few years ago a piece by Lillian Daniel, in which she expresses her utter boredom with people who claim to be “spiritual but not religious.” She begins by recalling conversations with people on an airplane who go on and
Jeff Hual brings back from a few years ago a piece by Lillian Daniel, in which she expresses her utter boredom with people who claim to be “spiritual but not religious.” She begins by recalling conversations with people on an airplane who go on and
The Texas Monthly ran a feature entitled “13 Famous Texans’ Favorite Places.” When it was Lyle Lovett’s turn, he said that his favorite place was St. Paul Lutheran Church in Serbin, Texas. (more…)
Robin Williams was beloved, wealthy, and acclaimed, always laughing and making others laugh. And yet he took his own life. I don’t mean to moralize or philosophize over such a sad ending with reflections about what we think to be important might not be important
Sinead O’Connor is a singer perhaps best known for ripping up the pope’s picture on Saturday Night Live, but her latest song shows a realization of what church is for. It’s called “Take Me to Church.” Here is the refrain: Oh, take me to church
Back when I was in graduate school, I took a course on American English. We studied the history and characteristics of the various American dialects, including that of Tangier Island. This little island in the middle of Chesapeake Bay was settled by English folks from
Hillary Clinton played the role of a loyal soldier when she was Secretary of State, but now that she is not working for the administration and now that she is gearing up for a presidential run, she is harshly criticizing President Obama’s foreign policy, promising
Atheists are always invoking science, but notice how often their arguments and rhetoric use political language. God allegedly “oppresses” human beings, taking away their “freedom.” They say that God is “immoral,” that, in the words of John Lennon, if we imagine no religion, “the world
My brother-in-law (Seabees, retired) told me that when we withdraw from Iraq and Afghanistan, we are going to be leaving behind or destroying much of the military equipment our troops had been using, since it is too expensive to bring back and there won’t be
Sounds are vibrations of the air that are picked up by vibrations of the eardrum. Those vibrations of the air can cause other objects to vibrate. Scientists at MIT have found a way to reconstruct what people have said from a video of the vibrations
As Islamic State routed tough Kurdish forces (the largest pro-American group in Iraq), drawing near to Americans still in Erbil, President Obama has given the go-ahead for airstrikes “if necessary.” He also said we would drop food and water to the sectarian Muslims that Islamic
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