Barbara Walters special on Heaven a week ago was just too painful. I couldn’t sit still and watch the whole thing all the way through. I peaked in now and then as I worked on other projects and just happened to catch her most indelicate question on the subject.
“I have to ask, is there sex [...]
Every Christmas we serve a Holy Land Feast in our home, usually on Christmas Eve. This bizarre collection of our own customized versions of middle eastern foods is probably our favorite Christmas tradition. This year, we held it early to accomodate our married children’s more complicated schedules. We invited our neighbors [...]
Evolution NEEDS to be challenged, OUGHT to be challenged, DESERVES to be challenged
At last! I mailed my Christmas cards! There are a few stragglers, cards for people whose addresses I need to do a bit more scrounging to find. Those will likely have to be New Year cards. Every year I have a brief debate with myself about whether to send cards at all. [...]
Humility: the least popular of virtues.
Alaska might lose its spectacular Northern Lights
MANY THANKS TO FAMILY FRIENDS WHO HAVE MADE THE FOLLOWING OPEN LETTER TO AMERICA AVAILABLE, WRITTEN BY SERGEANT ISAAC WESTBROOK OF THE U.S. ARMY, SERVING IN IRAQ:
How do I even begin to illustrate the emotions attached to my time in the military. I want so bad to tell America what I have learned through my [...]
Today I want to pass on wisdom from a source I heartily admire and endorse. Check out the following articles at Ornery American (ornery.org) by Orson Scott Card.
The first article is about the gross manipulation of news and opinion. Card shares a chilling story of media cover-up that isn’t being told [...]
A fellow blogger, having what is described as a typically miserable birthday noted:
[And yes, folks, I know I probably need help. You don’t need to tell me that. And yes folks, I know I need Jesus. You don’t need to tell me that either.
I suspect he has little interest in Jesus, but my [...]
In a previous post I mentioned that by end of October I would be living in the shadows until February. The mountain has overshadowed our home for over a month. With the shadow comes the cold. We’ve had a week or so of below zero temperatures. Colder than normal, so the [...]