Should we compare Covid-19 to the flu?
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Good Friday and the Mortality Rate
The good news is that the mortality rate for Covid-19 is lower than projected. The bad news is that it doesn't matter.
5 Modern Hymns We Love to Sing for Easter / Passion Week
Tuesday I wrote about 5 Traditional Hymns we love to sing for Easter, so today I am writing about 5 modern hymns/songs we love to sing for Easter. There are many others that could be included, but these are songs we have gravitated to year after year. 5. Because He Lives This Bill Gaither song … Continue reading 5 Modern Hymns We Love to Sing for Easter / Passion Week
5 Traditional Hymns (Public Domain) We Love to Sing For Passion Week/Easter
We love to sing these traditional hymns at our church for Passion Week and Easter Sunday.
Is the Church Essential?
It's safe to say we are in uncharted waters when it comes to our national response to Covid-19. The most recent historical comparison is the Spanish Flu, but it took place before we were born and in an age that in many ways was closer to Shakespeare than to us. We are working our way … Continue reading Is the Church Essential?
On the finding of hardwood floors…
As we were adding a walk-in closet to our master bedroom, we discovered that there were hard wood floors underneath the carpeting. The carpeting was old and ugly and we had plans to replace it with something hard surface anyway (3 little kids and 2 dogs makes carpet a poor option for our house!), so … Continue reading On the finding of hardwood floors…
Counsel for Students during Covid-19
My senior year of high school was full. Full of athletics, friendships, trips, and poignant goodbyes. There would have been a cost to losing that time. That cost is now being paid by the students of our nation, as well as other nations, that suddenly find themselves studying from home with the possibility of not … Continue reading Counsel for Students during Covid-19
My Favorite Historian
Some things we love instantly and passionately. Others grow up more imperceptibly to become a dominant favorite. David McCullough is the latter. While I have moved the majority of my library to E-books, I still own the first paper book of his I read, 1776. I just finished Mornings on Horseback, a biography limited to … Continue reading My Favorite Historian
Covid-19 Vs the Computer Models
Chesterton once said something along the lines that with all the people making prophecies (in his day), every once in a while one of them was bound to get something right. Well, dire predictions have been made. Those who don't look into these things may be thinking that the end of the world has come … Continue reading Covid-19 Vs the Computer Models
Covid-19 vs Pastoral Concerns
In the (not great) movie "Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children" (based on a popular novel I have not read) there is a scene where big bad guy has commandeered the titular "home" and gives the "peculiar children" an order. Despite his mastery of the situation, Miss Peregrine reprimands him for speaking to those in … Continue reading Covid-19 vs Pastoral Concerns
Nathan Writes 