Beyond The Rim…

Yesterday I talked about Boomerangs (children who return to live with their parents). Today I accidently discovered another type of boomerang, a sort of time machine for the Web called the Internet Archive Wayback Machine. This site contains archives of…

There is a term for parents whose children (in our case child) have moved out. They are called Empty Nesters. Now as those children face one or more difficulties, some of them are moving back in with their parents. These…

I couldn't sleep. I tossed. I turned. I turned again. No relief. I got a glass of water, read a few things, but still couldn't get that old "sleepy" feeling. So when it's late at night and sleep runs away…

One of the fundamental axioms of Christianity is that people can change. When a person becomes a Christian they begin a process of becoming something new. This truth was expressed by Paul in his second letter to the Corinthians (5:17):…

I have been rereading some of my earlier writings and today I came across an article I wrote for a church newsletter last year, entitled “Fast or Slow” and it got me to thinking about how things have changed, even…

There is a growing debate going on about how to approach the apprehension and prosecution of terrorists and potential terrorists (here defined as those who have become part of a terrorist cell or commited themselves to terrorism but have not…

I recently stumbled upon an interesting Web site that addresses art, literature, music, and movies from a Christian perspective. Fuse Magazine (no longer active) called itself “the exact point where art and faith intersect. A ‘fusion,’ if you will, of two…

The Internet, while often called a vast wasteland, confounds that appellation because it contains so many surprises, so many astonishing and bizarrely encapsolated minutia, most of which are found serendipitously (like most of the fun things in life) at least…

Can you imagine a doctor doing the first sonogram on a newly pregnant woman saying to her, “Now let’s see how that blob of fetus tissue looks.” I really love those shirts you see on some pregnant woman that have…

In a turn that demonstrates the current state of politics in America, Senator Kerry is campaigning with Al Sharpton. Here is the Senator’s take on the reason. “Al Sharpton is traveling with me today because he’s a friend, because he…