“God wants spiritual fruit, not religious nuts.” I saw that quote on Facebook from Bishop Demetri (Antiochian) recently. It is not his quote; it has been around several years. And, it does catch an opinion that is growing among many in the USA. But, what does it mean? Frankly, in today’s United States of America, […]

My wife and I came home yesterday to find a slip from DHL waiting for us. It said that they were sorry that they missed us, but that we have a package that they were unable to deliver. We were surprised as we thought that we had nothing on order that would have been shipped to […]

In this day in which we often hear negative comments about religion, it is good that NPR noted that in the classical music circuit, two of the top album recordings are by nuns. Yes, we live in a confused culture. On the one hand, many of our moral behaviors appear to be going more and […]

Below is a re-post from a post from three weeks ago that I wrote for the Orthodox Christian Network. I think you will enjoy it. ==== Where can you see a Greek Metropolitan speaking with a former atheist science-fiction writer who converted to Roman Catholicism while an American matushka wearing a Rose (Rosie) Cotton flowered […]

I find myself returning again and again to the vision of writers such as C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien. The scene above has drawn me ever since I was a young lad and first read this novel. It reminds me of a glorious Protestant hymn: For all the saints who from their labors rest, Who […]

I love reading. My wife loves reading. Maybe that is why we fell in love. Thirty-five years after our marriage and over thirty-seven years since we met, I must admit that it is difficult to parse all the reasons we fell in love. But, most certainly one of them was because we both love reading. […]

As I am searching through the web, I have realized that there are quite a few pieces of art out there that imagine Calvin grown up. A type of mini-canon has developed. That is, most of the art assumes that Calvin and Susie fall in love and get married. They have a daughter, and her […]

A Fox News article today says: Conservative radio host Laura Ingraham said Thursday night she laments the fact she didn’t pay more attention to the Patriot Act when it was signed into law by former President George W. Bush in 2001. Speaking to Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly about the recent revelations the National Security Administration […]

In a Fox News article from yesterday, the following is said: Congress is turning up the heat on President Obama to cut the backlog of Veterans Affairs disability claims, which has gone up by 2,000 percent while the agency’s budget has increased by 40 percent over the past four years. … “As a reminder, during […]