Month: June 2015

  • DEFEATIST ABDICATION ISN’T OUR ONLY OPTION.

        Though not surprised I am saddened, and ashamed, by the majority decision of our Supreme Court.  I am saddened and ashamed for several reasons.  One is that it seems to me to be “bad law.”  What I mean by that is that it is a reading into the Constitution and not a reading from…

  • DOING SOMETHING IS USUALLY MORE POSSIBLE THAN DOING EVERYTHING

      “There are different kinds of gifts,” the Scripture tells us in 1 Corinthians 12:4 “but the same Spirit.  There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord.  There are different kinds of working, but the same God works all of them in all men.”  There are also different strategies, and there are different…

  • CAN I STEAL YOUR SUFFERING OR CAN I SHARE IT?

           We are a country flowing with blood, though we don’t like to see ourselves that way.  No one likes to look at themselves in a negative light; it is uncomfortable, it is depressing, it is disturbing.  Some of us find it not only acceptable but justifiable to kill others, to protect our rights, our homes, our…

  • ANGER

        This is a short piece on ANGER.  Recently Joan and I had an opportunity to do some counseling with a couple, and one of the issues that surfaced was the issue of “anger.”  Over the years I have certainly had to confront this issue in other couples, individuals, with my own marriage, and inside…