I heard about a town in western Oklahoma that had a community-wide Easter pageant. It so happened that the character chosen to play Jesus had been miscast; he was more suited for the part of a Roman soldier. This man, a roughneck, a seasoned oil field worker, was known for an occasional barroom brawl. With …
I’ve always liked the cartoon depicting the man who shows up at church only once a year on Easter Sunday. Exiting the church at the close of the service, the man grabs the preacher’s hand and complains, “Every time I come to church, you always preach on the same topic.” As thousands make their way …
Every day I have access to the latest breaking news: from inflation (which impacts my pocketbook) to the events in Ukraine (which nourishes fears of a third world war, one that could go nuclear) to the fallout from “the slap that was heard around the world.” News alerts show up on my phone, providing access …
It was the first week the students at Campbellsville University were not required to wear masks, the surge from the delta and omicron variants having subsided. As usual, I was the first person in the classroom that day, and a student I didn’t recognize had also arrived early. She was sitting where one of my …
I asked Lori to rewind a portion of the evening news, which we had been faithfully watching each evening, keeping abreast of the latest developments in Ukraine. “Did he say that?” I incredulously asked. “Let’s hear that again.” Sure enough, I had heard it correctly. At a rally in Moscow, Russian President Vladimir Putin cited …