Legendary Miami Dolphins coach Don Shula passed away last Monday, May 4. If you are a football fan, and/or live in South Florida, you know why I say “legendary”: Winning-est coach in NFL history. Coach of the only NFL team to go undefeated. A hotel and restaurants with his name on them. He even has… Read More »
Pandemic: Toward a Christian Response
Note: As I offer the following thoughts on one possible Christian response to this global crisis, please understand that nothing I say should be understood as an explicit or implicit suggestion to disregard the by now well-known CDC guidelines for staying healthy while this pandemic rages (1-800-CDC-INFO; https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html). I simply wish to place this current… Read More »
Earth in the Balance
Note: Spring arrives Thursday, March 19, precisely at 11:49 PM. I know this, not because I’m just so doggone smart, nor just because I have an internet connection. I know this because the earth runs in a very orderly, predictable, lawful manner, so we are not left to guess at such things. And I submit… Read More »
Kobe Bryant: Life, Death, Championships and What Truly Matters
The week of January 19-26, 2020 was not one I would want to relive. It started about 7:20 AM Sunday the 19th when I got word my old friend Joe Oliver, a man I looked up to tremendously, had passed away only minutes earlier. Joe’s death was a great loss for me personally, the ministry of the… Read More »
George Washington’s 1789 Thanksgiving Proclamation
Whereas it is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits, and humbly to implore His protection and favor; and Whereas both Houses of Congress have, by their joint committee, requested me “to recommend to the people of the United States… Read More »
Halloween
If you are someone who really, really likes Halloween, enjoys costume parties and thinks life without candy corn, miniature Milky Ways and orange and black lollipops is not worth living, allow me to explain briefly where Halloween came from. Believe it or not … Halloween was once a Christian event. In medieval times, on November… Read More »
Gliding
I always wanted to go up in a glider. My dad was a pilot; I grew up around airplanes; flew a little bit with him when I was a kid in Indiana. I’ve always liked to fly. Anything that has wings and a reasonably good chance of coming back to earth safely, I like being… Read More »
One Simple Truth That Would Put an End to Mass Shootings
(And cure a host of other evils as well.) “Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed.” – G.K. Chesterton ******* Let’s start with a given: Everyone except for the very few dragons among us would like never again… Read More »
“Unplanned”: See it if you’ve got the nerve.
I don’t go to a lot of movies. But this week I made it a point to see “Unplanned,” the true story of Abby Johnson, Planned Parenthood’s youngest clinic director and one-time Employee of the Year. Abby is a rising star in the PP universe … until she has a complete change of heart and… Read More »
Community of the Broken (Life is Short. Live It Well.)
Last Sunday night I did something I rarely do anymore. I went to a concert by one of my favorite rock’n’roll bands, Switchfoot. I’ve listened to their music for almost twenty years but never had a chance to hear them in person, so I hauled my carcass up to Revolution Live in Ft. Lauderdale for… Read More »
