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Communion Meditation May 2024 For our household, the table is a place not only of food and fellowship, but of constant instruction. We are teaching table manners: pass the food, chew with your mouth closed, say please and thank you, eat what’s on your plate, DON'T THROW THAT, etc… But with kids from 16 months … Continue reading Table Manners
Claudine Gay was only president of Harvard for six months before she had to resign due to charges of plagiarism. One could argue that the politics surrounding her resignation had more to do with her tolerance for antisemitism on Harvard’s campus, but plagiarism was the formal charge. In light of the great anxiety AI is … Continue reading Who Wrote the Sermon That You Will Hear Tomorrow?
First, let me congratulate you on getting married. It really is the thing that grown-ups do. To be a husband or a wife is more than being a “partner”: it’s entering into a covenant relationship whereby you submit your own personal feelings, happiness, and choices to this greater commitment that you have made. And should … Continue reading Should You Write Your Own Wedding Vows?
3 Truths to Remember When Troubles Rise
In the past twenty-two years I have really only worked for three companies (besides a blip on the radar) with the largest having around thirty employees. There are, however, at least two companies located in my city that are worth billions. While my employers were carefully scrutinizing the fiscal benefits of adding an employee, these … Continue reading What Your Employer Can’t Afford
When a group of families sued the Classical Christian school that my kids attend, I wrote a rather long post with the goal, not of affirming or denying the charges, but of providing some biblical categories for pursuing justice. Since that time several things have taken place: 1) several families removed their students from enrollment, … Continue reading The Brouhaha, Part II
HR McMasters often speaks of breaking the enemy’s will to fight. Your enemy may have the resources to fight, but if your enemy lacks the will to fight then victory is nigh guaranteed. The Ukrainian resistance to the Russian invasion is a dramatic testament to the power of will. Regardless of your opinions of that … Continue reading The Loss of Will
I'm a couple weeks late on this one, but as we are almost a quarter of a way through another century, I think we need some high and lofty resolutions for the Church. Small changes really can make a difference, but we also need goals that are somewhat visionary: they paint a picture on a … Continue reading 3 New Year Resolutions for the Church
I discovered so many strange things without leaving the sidewalk
This week I had the opportunity of traveling to New York City for the first time in my life on a business trip with a couple of young men who are early in their careers. Both of those descriptors have, in past conversations, elicited negative responses. “New York City…Yuck! Better you than me!” “You had … Continue reading In Defense of New York City and Young Adults
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