Merry Christmas!
And as Tiny Tim said, “God bless us every one.”
Holding Hands in the Dark
Last Christmas eve, as I was leaving church, I wished everyone a very merry Christmas. One lady responded by saying that church attendance, especially on Christmas eve, is like “holding hands in the dark.” As we look around and read the headlines, it does seem that the world is a very dark place. Every day […]
Camping Problems
The names of our friends in the following story have been changed to protect them from possible embarrassment. Otherwise, the details of this incident are as accurate as my memory will permit. In October 1973, my wife Ann and I, Stuart, Harold, Robert, and Eric joined a group of friends from our church for […]
Cargo Cults
One of the strangest and most fascinating occurrences to come out of the South Pacific in the aftermath of World War II was the appearance of so-called “cargo cults” among some of the Melanesian natives in New Guinea and nearby islands. During the war these remote island people had been exposed to American and Australian […]
Candelabric Catastrophe
Yes. Don’t tell me. I agree that there is no such word as candelabric. That said, let me proceed with my story. Each of can probably recall some embarrassing moment in his or her past, a moment that was extremely distressful at the time but upon which we can now look back with some amusement. […]
Pearl Harbor
On the morning of December 7, 1941, Japanese warplanes launched from six large aircraft carriers struck the United States Pacific Fleet as it lay peacefully anchored in Pearl Harbor. It was a devastating blow leading to the death of more than two thousand sailors, soldiers, and civilians and the destruction or crippling of […]
Silent Sam
Final arrangements were recently concluded for the disposition of the statue Silent Sam, a memorial to the thousands of North Carolinians who fought for the Confederacy during the Civil War. Silent Sam had been ripped from his pedestal on the University of North Carolina campus during a demonstration in 2018. Recently, many other Confederate monuments […]
An Extraordinary Life
November 30 marks the birthday of one of the great men of modern history. Winston Randolph Churchill was born on November 30, 1864, into a distinguished English family. Through his father, Lord Randolph Churchill, Winston was a direct descendent of John Churchill, 1st duke of Marlborough, hero of the wars against Louis XIV of France in the early 18th […]
Thanksgiving
Praise God From Whom All Blessings F!ow George Washington University was promoting one of its professor’s new books just ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday. The book, by professor David Silverman, pushes the narrative that Thanksgiving is a “myth,” and should be considered a “day of mourning” spent reflecting on “genocide.” The professor added that “white America’s […]
Faith of Our Fathers
Some months ago I posted an article in defense of the Christian Faith. Here I am reposting the article with some additions, subtractions and modifications. I do this because to me, and I hope to you, it is the most important subject in the world. I believe it a matter of life and […]
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