Monthly Archives: October 2014

“US Nurse released from Ebola Quarantine calls conditions ‘Inhumane’”, so wrote The Christian Science Monitor: A nurse who worked in West Africa with Ebola patients and was quarantined at a New Jersey hospital over the weekend was returning home to … Continue reading →

Think of the Father-shaming implications of refusing.  John Piper writes: Your daddy is standing in a swimming pool out a little bit from the edge. You are, let’s say, three years old and standing on the edge of the pool. … Continue reading →

C.S. Lewis struggled profoundly with despair after the death of his wife, Helen Joy, in 1960, after only three years of marriage. These quotes from A Grief Observed (1961): … ‘Knock and it shall be opened.’ But does knocking mean … Continue reading →

David Davenport called out Houston in Forbes: It was disclosed this week that attorneys for the city of Houston, Texas have subpoenaed sermons and other writings from local ministers who are opposed to the new Houston Equal Rights Ordinance (HERO) … Continue reading →

On Friday night, Dianne and I headed for the theatre to see Nicholas Cage and Left Behind.  It was not the best movie we’d ever seen.  Here are a few impressions: 1. It was hard to watch.  I left wondering … Continue reading →