FWIW

Lightly edited and reposted from Feb. 23, 2008. They were boys of common virtue. Called to duty. Brothers and sons. Friends and neighbo...

Wendell Berry wrote in his 1991 essay "Conservation and Local Economy" that the "great, greedy, indifferent national and inte...

At last I'm reading Wendell Berry for myself, beginning with his collection of essays from the early 90s: Sex, Economy, Freedom & Co...

Goodness and mercy are of the essence of God. They are foundational to his character as revealed to us thru the witness of scripture, and th...

Russell Moore arguing that legalized gambling (casino and otherwise) isn't primarily a moral issue. . . But gambling isn’t merely a ...

This is a quote worth pondering. It's from  Neil Postman 's 1985 polemic against television  Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Disc...

If this was one of those "what's been going on in my life lately" kind of blogs I'd have a lot to write. Instead, a perfec...

"I shared in the image of God, but did not keep it safe; the Lord shares in my flesh, so as to save the image and to make the flesh imm...

There are only two negatives in the Twenty-Third Psalm. "I shall not want" and "I will fear no evil". Yet, we're pro...

Here's a classic clip to get you in the mood for Groundhog Day. And happy birthday to my mother-in-law who was born in Punxsutawney, PA....