Rich Beggars*

I played Little League Baseball as a youth and enjoyed it immensely. When I can I try to catch the Little League World Series on TV, where else do you get a player’s favorite movie next to their batting average?
That being said, a recent phenomenon out here in suburbia has made me scratch [...]

Hogzilla II bites the dust

Caught this story on Drudge, of an 11 year-old from Alabama who killed the largest pig I have ever seen.
There are a lot many folk who enjoy hunting and will give out a list of reasons as to why it’s good and all that. I don’t see the pull, perhaps it might be more [...]

Jerry Falwell and the afterlife

Now that Jerry Falwell has passed from this dress rehearsal we call life into eternity, I must wonder about something.
I have a feeling that some who disliked him the most might secretly be wishing that there is a God who “has purposes and performs particular actions, who does one thing and not another…”
And this God [...]

Jesus Christ Re-incarnated? Sigh…

I’d seen a report on this man who claims to be “Jesus Christ reincarnated”. Forget the fact that “reincarnation” was never taught by Jesus of Nazareth or the disciples He empowered to take His Gospel to the known world.
That there exist people like this fellow is not surprising, folk such as him know [...]

Patriotism, Ingredient Four

CS Lewis’ treatise on “Patriotism” continues (from The Four Loves)
This brings us to the fourth ingredient. If our nation is really so much better than others it may be held to have either the duties or the rights of a superior being towards them
He clarifies by stating “white man’s burden” as an example of [...]