St. Antony’s Cave

Saul Bellow in his novel Herzog quotes what he says is an old song, “There are flies on me; there’s flies on you, but there ain’t no flies on Jesus.”  O yes, there were (more…)

 ”Jeremiah was a bullfrog.  He was a good friend of mine,” so sang “Three Dog Night.”  Well Rev. Jeremiah Wright isn’t a bullfrog, but he was a good friend of Senator Baraak Obamba.  Keep reading; this isn’t a political screed but a diatribe on the relationship of pastor and people. (more…)

There are shows aimed at men and shows at women.  While, as far as I know, no one has thought of a derisive term for movies aimed at men such as “Male Movie” or “Testosterone Tape,” we do have the derisive term “Chick Flick.”  Now that my sons are out in the working world, I am left alone with women to watch movies.  I find no pleasure in watching a movie and waiting to cry; however, there is even less virtue in watching a typical male movie and waiting for other people to die.  Still when watching the things my wife and daughters opt for I find myself dying not crying. (more…)

“You’re just a kid!” O how age can be made an accusation. (more…)

Several people have sent the following response of Mollie Ziegler Hemingway to President Kieschnick’s “letter to the editor.”  Here is my reaction. (more…)

In the March 8/15 issue of World magazine, Marvin Olasky references 2 Samuel 6:16 to bring up short those of us defending liturgical worship.  He quotes the passage: ” ‘As the ark of  the Lord came into the city of David, Michal the daughter of Saul looked out of the window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the Lord, and she despised him in her heart.’” And then says, “Some church leaders who prefer solemnity despise those who leap and dance.  But David insisted to Michal, ‘I will make merry before the Lord,’ and some evangelicals rightly say the same.”  Do they? (more…)