Category Archive: FAMILY

A nickel’s worth on immigration

For what it’s worth (2 cents?), I have a few things I’d like to add to the immigration debate currently raging. .01  Difficult, heartbreaking things are happening all over the place every day.… Continue reading

Beauty full

I’ve always loved fireworks and am still in awe of the whole pyrotechnic thing. I love how they start out small and condensed, plain and unattractive in appearance, and end up huge and… Continue reading

Vive la différence

One of the first things I noticed was the women. Not just one but at least three female Secret Service agents on President Trump’s security detail in Butler, PA. This is not good,… Continue reading

Final thoughts on our final days

We’re coming now to the end of this series on coming to the end of this life. I pray that I’ve helped someone courageously confront the certainty of the body’s mortality and resolve… Continue reading

Pro-choice or pro-child

Most of us who heard or read of the Cleveland mother who left her toddler alone without food or water while she vacationed for 10 days were shocked, saddened, and/or horrified by the… Continue reading

What you are signaling is not virtue

Hopefully you’ve seen at least one of them…these disgusting and highly disturbing videos of men dressed as women in sexually explicit attire performing sexually suggestive routines for audiences that include very young children.… Continue reading

12 Gifts of ChristX – Belonging

Curse you, Madison Avenue. Your perfect little family Christmas….you know, with all the smiles and hugs, the busy kitchen and cozy fireplace, the beautiful and bountiful presents under the tree and sons and… Continue reading

The Big Guy

It’s time to haul out and dust off my poignant, heart-warming, Hallmark Channel-worthy Christmas commentary. The one about how I hate Santa. Grab a tissue. I expect I’m about to be called a… Continue reading

This is what passes for virtue today

Before I talk about prayer anymore I have to say something about parents and perversion. Little children are being sexualized…in the schools, in the entertainment media, and in “kid-friendly” drag queen shows. You… Continue reading

The love we need

She was poor and downtrodden. With little to call her own and even less hope for a better future, she felt virtually enslaved by her helplessness. But worse than this, she was disagreeable,… Continue reading

Real men defend and fight

Thank God there are still real men in this world . . . men who understand and embrace their God-given role as protectors of women and children. Strong men – perhaps physically but… Continue reading

Dumpster children and mandatory marriage

With the prospect of Roe v. Wade finally being overturned, some are floating the “radical” proposal that men who impregnate women should be held financially responsible for the child they helped create. Maybe… Continue reading

Don’t say hate

“I want every member of the LGBTQI+ community — especially the kids who will be impacted by this hateful bill — to know that you are loved and accepted just as you are.”… Continue reading

Faith that wounds

I’m waxing personal and reflective this month. A few more installments in the series…this is number 11. When you have a strong faith, and you also have children, your greatest desire for them… Continue reading

Entering the crucible

Part 10….35 years….explanation….read it here. We used to have a nice, little Christian bookstore near our home and I would periodically drop in for resources or gifts. On one occasion as I was… Continue reading