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In the past year, a friend of ours has chastised both Tink and me for how much we work and the spare attention we...

Back in 1976 a professor of mine at the seminary said to me, “Justin, the mystery of life is not so much what happens,...

I’ve been reading and listening and it seems that there are some folks out there that are concerned about the concept of “toxic masculinity.”...

Well into the autumn of my life, I am occasionally reminded the end is not too far over the horizon. Mortality puts thoughts in...

When we kids on Flamingo Street started playing that Saturday, Goofy Steve looked normal. At least as normal as Goof could. But by the...

There is “parenting” and then there is bringing up, rearing, or raising children. The difference is night and day; so are the outcomes, short-...

Is it true that Donald Trump’s bad habits are contagious? Is it true that his Democratic opponents and, even more, his critics in the...

She just came to mind, tripping through the years that lay between now and the time we buried her so long ago. Hers was a...

“40 Days of Prayer” kicked off 2019 at McDonough Road Baptist. In small group studies and in our sermon series, we’re striving to take...

(Continued from last week.) And then, just like that, it was time to go home. I took my last photos, bought a few souvenirs, and...

We all agreed never to speak of it ever again. The past was in the past and the traumatic event should stay there. For...

QUESTION: We have ten grandchildren, spread between three of our kids. They all live within an hour’s drive, so we see them often. We...

I saw them again a few weeks ago, the first time in a while. My wife and I were driving by. They stood outside...

In this era when there has been more information available to more people than at any time in the past, it is also true...

Speaker Nancy Pelosi has given President Trump an opportunity to change the dynamic of the State of the Union address, an event that has...

To be truthful, I was ‘agin’ it from the beginning. To tell the unvarnished truth, I was quite a brat about it. This has been...

DEAR FATHER PAUL: I am a sixty-seven year old woman who has a lot of precious relatives and friends who, I know for certain...

As soon as the sheet of metal roofing hit the back of my leg I knew I was in trouble. Working on my timber...

(Continued from last week.) Of all the people I met in Africa, a group of police officers were among the most memorable. We were in...

Children usually receive toys on Christmas, birthdays, or special holidays. Unfortunately, around our house, the gift-giving has gotten a bit out of control. So...

Feelings are a wild card. On the one hand, the ability to experience deep emotion is one of the things that defines us as...

The televised presidential address from the Oval Office, a staple of communication between the chief executive and the people in the second half of...

“Why can’t the English teach their children how to speak?” asked Professor Henry Higgins in the musical “My Fair Lady.” It’s a good question...

As if the Democrats lacked causes for nail biting — the shutdown, impeachment, Rashida Tlaib’s big mouth — here comes a venerable ally, The...

According to a recent report in The New York Times, Health and Human Services Department officials have been circulating a proposal to define sex....

When I was a child growing up, our address was simply Rural Route One. Our road had no proper name and, for the first...

A man weighing over 300 pounds sought his pastor’s counsel. He said, “Man, I have to do something. I can’t lose this weight, I...

What is it? Rather, who is it? The answer: Our children and grandchildren. No, it’s not about pampering and spoiling them. It’s not about giving...

(Continued from last week.) “What did you eat in Africa?” is a question that is frequently asked by people who know I have been there....

What better way to start the New Year than describing the creepy-crawly on your face? Don’t think you have a creepy-crawler sitting on the tip...

“So, anyway, after they take showers I lay out their school clothes for the next day. And then....” “Hold on right there,” “How old are...

The hundredth anniversary of the Armistice that ended the fighting of World War I in Europe came and went with surprisingly little notice last...

Into my mailbox the other day fell the last issue of The Weekly Standard. Not that you likely care, gentle reader, that TWS’s diminished...

It was back in the summer, when the sun hung high and hot in the sky and the droplets of humidity fell like unwanted...