Marriage
“So Long, Insecurity”?
“We’re insecure. You and me and every woman. In fact, chronic insecurity is a cultural epidemic, but almost no one is talking about it. And it ticks me off.” - Beth Moore Intriguing statement, huh? Especially this part: “We’re insecure. You and me and every woman.” What do you think about that statement? True? ... »
Making Sarah Palin Look Dumb
It’s too bad that disingenuity, self-interest, and lack of interest in “the facts” seem to drive the political machine. From the AtlanticWire’s “breakdown” of Sarah Palin’s O’Reilly Factor interview November 19, 2009, rebroadcast late December: Palin on Reading O’REILLY: Couric asked you an easy question [about what magazines or newspapers... »
Brit Hume on Tiger and (Me on) Tolerance
As is now common knowledge, Fox News’ Brit Hume has suggested Tiger Woods convert to the Christian faith, as his best bet for full “transgression” recovery and perhaps even greater role-model-dom than before. Bravo, Mr. Hume. Unfortunately, his words have not been met with the same spirit in which they were offered.... »
A heartwarming tale of the unexpected from Mike Huckabee
This story from Huckabee’s A Simple Christmas: Twelve Stories that Celebrate the True Holiday Spirit appeared in Focus on the Family’s year-end letter from the president, but I am just now getting to (and blogging about) my mail from December, so pretend that this post is appearing when it should’ve, around Christmastime! Although,... »
Finding the Center: Ecumenism and the Manhattan Declaration
It is at her centre, where her truest children dwell, that each communion is really closest to every other in spirit, if not in doctrine. And this suggests that at the centre of each there is something, or a Someone, who against all divergences of belief, all differences of temperament, all memories of... »
Tiger Woods: Did the culture make him do it?
Nuts if I can find where I read comments to the effect that our current hyper-sexualized culture is partly to blame for Woods’ recently-revealed “transgressions;” otherwise I would link to it. That culture and Tiger’s position in it helped facilitate his many alleged infidelities can’t be denied, nor can the fact that ubiquitous sexual... »
The Manhattan Declaration
Not just any pro-life, pro-family, pro-ethics statement, the Manhattan Declaration is a call to civil disobedience if (when) the government legislates that people of conscience support abortion, eugenics, and same-sex marriages in their professions and with their tax dollars. The last paragraph of the declaration states: “Because we honor justice and the common good, we will... »
The Good Mommy Paradox
What are societal expectations of a mother these days, and how is she assisted in meeting them? How does society judge a mother? I give you two (fictitious, but entirely plausible) scenarios: Mother A: Sends Johnny off to school in the morning. Johnny spends the day at school, eats a taxpayer-subsidized... »
I knew it would happen
It had to happen. It always happens. “President Obama is today the victim of a disillusionment caused by the excessive hopes and expectations that were raised by candidate Obama.” So concludes Pat Buchanan in his column, For Whom the Bell Tolls. Call me a realist, a pessimist, a cynic, a nasty lady,... »
On Sanctifying Our Justification
*jumping for joy* *jumping for joy* Oh hi there! Never mind me, I just found a brilliantly clear and thorough articulation of what I believe about justification (which I myself have attempted, piecemeal, several times in the past, but to little avail). Maybe it’s due to the fact that Francis Beckwith and... »
