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The Words Live
I have a fascination with Last Words, and I have accumulated a rather ecclectic collection of them. An individual’s last words are often their most beautiful, their most poignant, the funniest, the...
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My Biblical Heroes: Agur
I have just enough wits to know that I am stupid, which is sort of cruel on Your part, when I dwell on it. I’m not a fierce warrior or a romantic poet or a powerful prince. I am not wise or learned. I...
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Schoolish Thoughts: The Red Frog
“Did you hear what those kids did to that frog?” my daughter asked me. “Yeah.” It happened like this: a boy across the street picked up a toad. The toad made the mistake of peeing on the boy’s hand....
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Schoolish Thoughts: On Wars and Rumors of Wars
“It’s a difficult thing being part of a big world, isn’t it?” I asked after we watched the President’s remarks after the news of the murder of our Libyan ambassador and the three other Americans killed...
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Remembering Rich
Today would have been Rich Mullin’s 57th birthday (and, oddly enough, Keith Green’s 55th). Rich was a man who ran after God, come what may. This, of course, made him dangerous, and a poet of great...
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Good for Nothing
“Santa’s watching: you’d better be good.” I hate that sentence. Using the idea that the reason to be good is because you will be rewarded for your behavior destroys the purity of goodness. To motivate...
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Being Coy
coy [koi] adjective, coy·er, coy·est, verb adjective 1. artfully or affectedly shy or reserved; slyly hesitant; coquettish. 2. shy; modest. 3. showing reluctance, especially when insincere or...
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The Storm God’s Mercies
Houston springtime’s are majestic. When the sky fills with thunderheads and the winds begin howling, everything stops in reverent terror: the Storm God is angry. Lightnings and thunders rage and roar,...
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Jodi Arias and the Problem of Cruel and Unusual Punishment
Jodi Arias wants to die. Is it cruel and unusual punishment to force her to live? If her attorneys advocate in her best interests, as they should, and that, obviously would be arguing for a...
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Rodalena Reviews: The Judge
Ally and I love movies. When we went to see Guardians of the Galaxy together, we saw a preview for The Judge, and we looked at each other and said, “Oh yes.” We finally saw the film earlier this week....
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