It's a modern trope in our culture that men don't share their feelings and that this is some kind of problem to be overcome. This, of course, is absurd. Men share their feelings all day long. Ask them if they've had a good day. Ask them what they think of John Deere tractors. … [Read more...] about A Bad Case of the Touchy Feelies
Wisdom
Delighting in the Good
Knowing the wrong thing to do, or the wrong kind of person to follow, is easy to figure out. But learning the right thing to do, and identifying the right kind of person to follow, or becoming the person you want to be and ought to be, is a much tougher mission. For my people is … [Read more...] about Delighting in the Good
Wide-eyed Delight ~ Proverbs 8
Wisdom find some things delightful, and other things detestable (Proverbs 8:10-13). It rejoices in God's handiwork, but recoils at the way of the wicked. In our age, wisdom is the kind of thing that gets dragged before the equal rights commission on charges of … [Read more...] about Wide-eyed Delight ~ Proverbs 8
Equipped for Every Good Work
The church was once the handmaid of the world. She taught rulers and nations the unchanging laws of God by day and confronted Leviathan with her children by night. She was a singer of Psalms, an evangelist, a mender of broken hearts, a comfort to the dying and a magistrate … [Read more...] about Equipped for Every Good Work
The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity
In his book, The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity, economist and professor at the University of California, Carlo M. Cipolla plots the identity and characteristics of stupid people. Those whom the bible calls a fool. At first, the book seems almost satirical, but satire was not … [Read more...] about The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity