Strange Days Ahead
2025 is going to be a strange year, possibly the strangest post-WWII. The foundation of the US has changed from a nominally Christian nation where we said the Lord’s Prayer and Pledge of Allegiance every morning in my high school…
Category: Conundrums
Categories: Christianity, Conundrums, History
The Will of God – Revisited
When we think of the will of God we are often concerned for not just this moment, this specific decision, but how this choice will affect everything down the road, trying to discern the ramifications of what we are about…
Categories: Christianity, Conundrums, Religion
Responsibility of Discipline
“We need to understand the difference between discipline and punishment. Punishment is what you do to someone; discipline is what you do for someone.” ~Zig Ziglar This is a very important distinction, especially in our modern world. The prevailing ethic…
Categories: Conundrums, Rimdims, Thoughts for the Day
Who Are You Really?
Liberty – If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear. Truth – In times of universal deceit, telling the truth will be a revolutionary act. George Orwell said…
Categories: Conflict and War, Conundrums, Philosophy, Politics and Government
Lent 07: Day 17 – Truth
Can there be freedom without truth? Can there be hope in the land when truth is sacrificed for a lie, for expedient gain, for political advantage? When truth is reduced to mere opinion, so that everyone has their own truth,…
Categories: Conundrums, Lent '07
Conundrum #1 Life Choice
William August 19, 2004
Which is worse? Not being able to function by forgoing an addiction, or functioning perfectly but by doing so you shorten your life span?
Categories: Conundrums
