Forgive and Forget

Many marriages run into trouble because of a lack of communication between the spouses. For example, let us say that the husband does something that either irritated his wife or causes her some type of emotional pain. The husband may be oblivious to the offense...

A Nation of ‘Furners’

Dialect jokes are a thing of the past. I miss them because I never took them as being rude or disrespectful, but just a part the great variety of life that is all around us. Americans, except for the native aborigine, were all foreigners at one time. The nation was...

In Search Of Healing, and Hope

This Saturday marks the third anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. We continue to mourn not only the tragic loss of life, but also the loss of innocence. We had lived for years in a kind of social bubble. We felt safe from the ravages of war and destruction. We felt...

The Whole Truth

Recent experiences as a civil court juror could provide column fodder for months, maybe even years. Today’s subject is honesty. The plaintiff in the case on which I served claimed debilitating injuries as a result of an automobile accident. Investigating...

Jerry Falwell at Southwestern

Jerry Falwell spoke recently in the morning chapel service at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. According to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram newspaper and a staff member of my church who attended the chapel service, Falwell made a tongue-in-cheek comment that...

Chosen: Part Three

Chosen ends its three-issue run without delivering on the promise made by creator Mark Millar. In promoting this series, Millar said: “The story of Jesus Christ in the New Testament is over 2000 years old and so I just want to bring it to a whole new generation...