Archive for April, 2008

• Faith and Faith Alone.

  "But what do you think? A man had two sons. He went to the first and said, ‘Son, go and work in the vineyard today.’ His son replied, ‘I don’t want to,’ but later he changed his mind and went. Then the father went to the other son and told him the same thing. He [...]

  April 22nd, 2008

• My First Post on My New Computer

  For the past few weeks I have been enjoying my new toy. Almost two months ago I decided to bug Jim by buying an IPod Touch. He was busy saving money for one himself and still had a ways to go before he could purchase one. So I went out to Walmart and picked [...]

  April 18th, 2008

• Well, That Explains It

  As my readers have no doubt noticed, I am not necessarily the happiest guy around. In fact, malaise and I are well acquainted. A mid-life crisis?  Perhaps.  But I recently read a short blurb is "The Atlantic" that may more adequately explain my mid-life mood.
  It seems that researchers*, after studying over 500,000 Americans and Europeans, [...]

  April 18th, 2008

• Two Interesting Quotes

  While perusing The Christian Century today in the Union County (Lewisburg, PA) Public Library, I came across two quotes that struck a nerve in my old liberal self.  The first is from Ellen Goodman (The Boston Globe March 21, 2008) and concerns our current fiscal and economic crisis.  While the Federal Government refuses to "bail [...]

  April 17th, 2008

• Yes, There Are Plenty of Bitter People Out There, and For Good Reason Too.

  Much has been made over the past week or so over some comments that Barack Obama made at a meeting recently in San Francisco.  The words Obama dared to utter were these:
  "You go into these small towns in Pennsylvania and, like a lot of small towns in the Midwest, the jobs have been gone now [...]

  April 15th, 2008