Cottages at Duck Some years ago my family was planning to be with my wife and me for Christmas at our Maryland home. The question was, where would they all stay? We had a comfortable four-bedroom house, but with five sons, three daughters-in-law, five grandchildren, and the two of us there simply wasn’t enough room […]
Most movie-goers have their favorite actors and actresses. As a young boy I looked up to Spencer Tracy. To me, he was the very symbol of manhood. Over the years I have seen many great actors. Within the past several decades I have been very impressed by the work of Tom Hanks. I consider him […]
On January 6, 2021, a joint session of the United States Congress assembled to count the electoral votes that would formalize Joseph Biden’s victory in the Presidential election of 2020. Nearby, in another part of the city, President Trump was addressing a large crowd of his supporters. Despite his failure to have courts void election […]
British-American author and commentator Andrew Sullivan recently made a few cogent comments about recent controversies between traditionalists and the LGBT community. He thinks the current debate is not about being pro or anti- transgender. Gays and lesbians and transgenders are already protected under civil rights laws, and most people are willing to let them live […]
It’s time for a new “Contract with America.” The original contract was a legislative agenda advocated for by the Republican Party during the 1994 congressional election campaign. The contract detailed actions the Republicans promised to take if they became the majority party in the United States House of Representatives for the first time in 40 years. […]
Our former pastor Paul S*** and his wife Becky had eight children. Pastor Paul was in a local Seven Eleven, and two boys from a local Catholic Church saw him. One of the boys, seeing Pastor’s clerical collar, said “Good morning, Father.”, to which our good Pastor replied in kind. As the boys exited the […]
At the Paris Climate Accords, China and India were labeled developing economies; therefore, less stringent demands were placed on them than on the United States and Europe. Nevertheless, China pledged that it would take significant steps toward reducing its greenhouse gas emissions. President Trump did not trust them. As they rushed to build the world’s […]
This past Saturday, October 16th, my dear friend and pastor Bishop Daniel Cox went home to be with the Lord. I will miss him very, very much, but he had been suffering ill health for some months and wanted to shed his earthly body. He is now in a far, far better place. Daniel Cox […]
There has been a great imbroglio in Loudon County Virginia schools of late because of LGBT issues and two reported sexual assaults by a transgender student. The details are not entirely clear. Under Federally mandated Title IX regulations, identities and reputations of the possible perpetrator and his/her victims are protected while the facts are investigated. […]
Love will always find a way. When I was a young boy in North Carolina I became aware that young couples would sometimes make a mad dash for South Carolina and get married there. It was a runaway marriage or elopement, referring to a marriage conducted in sudden and secretive fashion. Usually it involved a […]
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