Starting from Cane Ridge IV

The First Years at Ozark Christian College My five years at Ozark Christian College are a period in my life to which I look back with nostalgia, thanksgiving and joy. There were struggles, to be sure. At one point, as will be explained, I considered leaving. But even knowing what I do now, I would [...]

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Third Sunday After Pentecost

After the Holy Communion takes place, during the Divine Liturgy, the Priest and people pray: PRIEST: O god, save thy people and bless thine inheritance.CHOIR: We have seen the true light, we have received the heavenly Spirit; we have found the true faith, worshipping the undivided Trinity: for He hath saved us. That response of [...]

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Starting from Cane Ridge III

Senior Year Decisions Through all these things a good solid foundation of faith had pretty much just been laid when the summer of 1985 came around. My parents, after several weeks’ separation, made another attempt to reunite. And they decided to try to get jobs back in our hometown area so that we could move [...]

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A Definition of Manhood

The following is a reply I posted on Tripp’s blog, but I wanted a larger group to read and critique it. It is given in the context of a discussion on Ephesians 5. The essence of manhood, is, personhood, which highlights the always already communal nature of what it means to be a man. Thus, [...]

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Here’s to My Own Two Redneck Women . . . I’m So Damn Lucky!

Gretchen Wilson sez it best in Redneck Woman (Note: Website midi starts playing when you access the site): Well I ain’t never Been the barbie doll type No I can’t swig that sweet champagne I’d rather drink beer all night In a tavern or in a honky tonk Or on a 4 wheel drive tailgate [...]

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Starting from Cane Ridge II

Renewal of Faith I was born at the time of the split in the Disciples, so my upbringing in the Stone-Campbell churches reflected the difficult feelings resultant from the split. My understanding of the Church was staunchly anti-denominational, and, to a degree, anti-intellectual, both reactions to theological liberalism and to the denominationalism that forced out [...]

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The Other Great Divorce: Jesus from Paul

In a recent exchange over on Tripp’s blog regarding servanthood and fatherhood, there’s been an exploration regarding what Paul says in Ephesians 5 on the relationship between husbands and wives and what it means to submit. At one point, one respondent asked me “Where in the Gospels does it say that men and women are [...]

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The Second Sunday After Pentecost

We’re now into the Apostles’ Fast, the variable-length fasting period between the Monday after All Saints (for Orthodoxy, the Sunday after Pentecost) and the feast of the Apostles, Peter and Paul, on 29 June. Our men’s group at All Saints parish wanted to go out to a pub after our last meeting, which is today, [...]

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President Bush’s Eulogy for Ronald Reagan

Following are excerpts from the text of President Bush’s tribute to Ronald Reagan We lost Ronald Reagan only days ago but we have missed him for a long time. We have missed his kindly presence, that reassuring voice and the happy ending we had wished for him. It has been 10 years since he said [...]

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Margarent Thatcher’s Eulogy for Ronald Reagan

Following are excerpts from the text of Margaret Thatcher’s eulogy: Ronald Reagan’s life was rich not only in public achievement, but also in private happiness. Indeed, his public achievements were rooted in his private happiness. The great turning point of his life was his meeting and marriage with Nancy. On that we have the plain [...]

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