It will happen again tonight the way it has happened for at least the last 53 years. A family will gather around a tree, and before the presents are handed out and before the first gift is opened, one of the children will open the December, 1960 edition of the Wilson Certified News and read … Continue reading
It’s happened again. A well known Christian gives an interview and espouses his Christian worldview and then the world acts surprised and calls for his head. It happened with Dan Cathy of Chick-fil-A, with Stephen Broussard of ESPN, and now it has happened to Phil Robertson of A&Es mega-hit, “Duck Dynasty”. In an interview with … Continue reading
“Daddy, I want to change my name.” “Oh really?” I replied, my curiosity piqued by the precocious 9-year-old in my rear view mirror. The sparkle in her blue eyes was hardly diminished by her wire-rimmed glasses. I could tell this was going to be good. “And just what do you want to change your name … Continue reading
Irony is not nearly as ironic without an impeccable sense of timing. Such was the case when two days ago, on the eve of the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s famous “I have a dream” speech, my nine-year-old came home from school and declared that “All black people are stupid.” Yep. You … Continue reading
Last week I, along with people from three different churches in Lunenburg county, went on a short term mission trip to Ensenada, Mexico to build a house for a needy family. I am not a carpenter. I do not have any inclination of ever becoming one. When the Lord was distributing talents he did not … Continue reading
I thought I would give some insight into what Sundays are like for me as an introvert who is also a preacher. I don’t claim that this is how other preachers feel, only that this is how I experience Sundays. The alarm goes off, its incessant and monotone voice chasing away sleep from my body. … Continue reading
“Oh no. Another article about sex, modesty and pornography. Let me keep scrolling.” Honestly, that’s how I feel about 99% of the “purity/modesty” articles that blitz my newsfeed every year when swimsuit season approaches. The 1-piece vs. 2-piece argument is becoming overplayed to the point that it is in danger of fading into the white … Continue reading
Two stories in the news this week have caught my attention. The first is the firestorm of intolerance that followed Chris Broussard‘s expression of his opinion that all sexual activity outside of marriage is sinful. The second is the news that the Pentagon has employed a Anti-Christian extremist to help them make policies concerning our … Continue reading
I’m a sports fan. I grew up watching football games on Sunday afternoons, listening to baseball games on the radio as I fell asleep at night and cheering on the Nebraska Cornhuskers every Saturday in the fall. Sports has always served as an escape for me; a chance to tune out the world and its … Continue reading
To say we live in the information age is an understatement. According to a 2008 report, the average human mind processes 34 gigabytes of information a day (if you allow for eight hours of sleep, that is 2.1 gigabytes per hour). As one social commentator put it, we are exposed to more information in one … Continue reading
The Pondering Preacher 