Waiting, watching and wondering

Our first daughter turned 16 last Saturday, got her official Georgia driver’s license yesterday and went on her first solo drive this evening. As a result, I have a better understanding of the parental love the Bible attributes to God.The adventure was mild by...

Who Needs Police? Law Says People Must Trust God

When it comes to Homeland Security, folks in Kentucky are not fooling around. Forget hiring more police officers or beefing up the resources of the National Guard. In Kentucky, the law states that in order to be safe from terrorists, it is necessary to believe in the...

Reality Check: Seven Facts about Health Care Reform

Whether we like it or not, money drives our society, including the medical system. How to reform our health care to get the most for our medical dollars is the real question in the debate about health care reform. If we are going to have any real reform, there are...

Ted Kennedy: Powerful Champion for the Powerless

When Sen. Edward Kennedy died Aug. 25 at his family home in Massachusetts, he left a nation that is much better than it was when he entered the United States Senate 46 years ago. We are better, in large part, because Kennedy made improving our society the work of his...

Regarding Torture, Can We Handle the Truth?

CIA interrogators violated the guidelines for interrogation of supposed terror suspects by threatening suspects with guns and power drills and even suggesting assaulting one suspect’s mother and family, according to recent news reports. Americans were horrified...

Jesus: alive and well in Siberia?

My friend David Stratton (who blogs occasionally at Dave’s Deliberations) recently sent me the link to this post, which describes a man who is convinced he is the embodiment of Christ’s second coming. The would-be Jesus claims 5,000 disciples who have left...