Snapping Selfies Much Easier Than Knowing Self

This summer a relative put aside resistance and got his first smartphone, soon after sending us a picture of himself taken with his phone, captioned: “My First Facie.” Initial mirth over this mistaken terminology—”facie” instead of...

George Washington Carver: A Hero Few Know

I have a new hero now. It happened by accident recently when a friend and I met in Missouri for a few days of photography in the southwest portion of the state. We wanted to explore the prairies in the area. It just so happened that one of the prairies we visited...

Should You Be Free to Choose Your Own Religion?

Should people be free to choose their own religion? Yes. This, to me, seems like such an obvious answer that I am flabbergasted that in much of the world, the de facto reality on the ground is “no.” Even in cases where, on paper, there is religious...

Marrying young …

An assortment of Southern Baptist pastors and officials are encouraging young people to buck the culture, choose a partner, and get married as early as their teens, according to an enlightening article by Bob Allen at Associated Baptist Press. Jon Akin, pastor of...

Why You Need to Listen to Others’ Perspectives

Growing up in Tulsa, Oklahoma, my dad listened to talk radio on KRMG. On occasion, when I was not staring out the window dreaming of hitting three home runs in a World Series game, I would tune into the talking voice blaring from the speakers of my dad’s 1966...