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  • A sense of awe

    One of my favorite movies is “Apollo 13”. As I watch I see people’s awe at amazing things like landing on the moon. It seems we do not have that sense any more. We seem ho-hum about so many things. Does anything give us a sense of “awe” anymore? Read more

  • Memorial Day

    But in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead who struggled here have consecrated it far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what… Read more

  • Heroes

    This is a day of remembrance. It is to honor those who serve our country. It is to remember those who have given their lives in the defense of this country. I am so deeply thankful for those who put on the uniform and give themselves to serve. I have a nephew finishing up his… Read more

  • Language Shifts Indicate Cultural Shifts

    David Brooks has a column today reflecting on language shifts over the last 50 years. His observations are interesting.    Usage of humility words like “modesty” and “humbleness” dropped by 52 percent. Usage of compassion words like “kindness” and “helpfulness” dropped by 56 percent. Meanwhile, usage of words associated with the ability to deliver, like… Read more

  • A Pro-Life Ethic Revisited

    I want to return to my theme of a pro-life ethic. By this I don’t an ethic only anchored in abortion or right to life. It’s an ethic I want to build for ALL of life. But I return to it because of the horrifying case of Kermit Gosnell. He was convicted of killing three… Read more

  • The Gosnell Debacle

    While the media has been incredibly late to the story, at least the New York Times broke the headline just now that Kermit Gosnell has been found guilty of first degree murder. He is the abortion doctor accused of killing babies after they have been taken from the womb. How “pro-abortion” people have kept silent… Read more

  • The Monster We Have Created

    An interesting article on high school students wanting to get into colleges where they have been waitlisted. We really have created a generation where kids think they DO deserve everything, and are shocked, SHOCKED, when they get rejected or waitlisted. Plus, there are some parents who are shocked, SHOCKED! as well and pester the admissions… Read more

  • Abortion, Gun Rights, and Zealousness

    This article has as its title that abortion rights “has become” the NRA of the left. I think it’s been that way for a very long time. The issue with Kermit Gosnell is despicable and the silence from any part of any Christian community other than “pro lifers” has been appalling. We have a rabid… Read more

  • The Care of the WHOLE

    I am continuing a series on Acts and the Holy Spirit this Sunday. As I reflect on Acts 4:32 to Acts 6:8 as a unit, I think to how we have made Christianity such a dichotomy in the western Church. For Pentecostals, I’ve grown up with everything about Christianity being about “soul winning.” It’s about… Read more

  • The Ugliness That Gets “Lightly” Reported

    Finally, after FIVE WEEKS of trial, the grisly story of an abortion doctor performing late term abortions and murders makes it to the main stream media. And they don’t hold back any details. This is not light reading, folks. But it MUST be read. We can talk of the violence in our schools, in Boston, in… Read more