In the sermon for the third Sunday of Easter, based on John 21:1-19, in which the disciples saw Jesus while they were fishing, Pastor Douthwaite related Easter to vocation: Jesus has not changed, and Easter does not mean that He is now done all His
In the sermon for the third Sunday of Easter, based on John 21:1-19, in which the disciples saw Jesus while they were fishing, Pastor Douthwaite related Easter to vocation: Jesus has not changed, and Easter does not mean that He is now done all His
You may be all macho, sophisticated, cynical, and Stoic, but I have found a sequence of words that I predict will cause liquid to well up in your eyes. It’s a dog story, from that Michael Dirda review of Mr. and Mrs. Dog by Donald
Betsy VanDenBerghe on a conceptual shift in the way young adults are viewing marriage: The National Marriage Project’s recent report “Knot Yet: The Benefits and Costs of Delayed Marriage in America” examines the alarming tendency to delay marriage among our country’s twentysomethings, who “have now
Comedian Jonathan Winters died. When I was a kid and heard he was appearing on the Tonight Show, back in the Jack Parr and then Johnny Carson days, I would stay up late to watch him. The schtick was to hand him an object–a stick,
It looks like a terrorist attack at the Boston Marathon, killing two and injuring 100. A Saudi national has been arrested. [I posted an update this morning, but it didn’t go through, for some reason! Yes, the last I saw, the casualty count is now
Last Sunday, Easter 3, our pastor preached on the appearance of the resurrected Jesus to His disciples by the shore of the lake, as recorded in John 21:1-19. Rev. Douthwaite showed how our being “children” of God is an image of our status in the
Maria Tallchief died. perhaps the best-known American dancer in the field of ballet. I confess to not following that particular art-form, though I’ve seen a few ballets and was quite impressed with them. I want to honor Maria Tallchief here because she was a fellow
Lars Walker, who frequents this blog, is a notable novelist who is also a Christian, yea Lutheran, a master of historical fantasy. His fiction is generally wildly entertaining, while also being thought-provoking and spiritually edifying. He has a new book out, a sequel to his
As you have probably heard, Rick Warren’s 27-year-old son committed suicide. That’s about the saddest thing I can imagine, both that someone would take his own life and that those who love him would have to go through that sorrow. I pray for the Warrens
In Philadelphia, the abortionist Dr. Kermit Gosnell is on trial for capital murder, having killed a patient through his ineptitude and babies born alive through his cruelty. The major media has up-to-now pretty much ignored this trial, but is now giving it some attention, thanks
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