A Prayer for Owen Meaney (1990) by John Irving is one of the best books ever written, as per my humble opinion. I read it many, many years ago and it still sticks with me. On the dedication page, Mr. Irving included two quotes that have made a large difference

Lately, the midwest has been the source of a lot of rioting, looting, and general anarchy. This is undeniable even by the leftist media—even though at first they said it was all peaceful protesting. Then they conceded that it was violent but they said that its all Donald Trump’s fault.

When I started Christian college in the Fall of 1986, one of the required readings for our general education classes (of which there were many) was a book by Shirley Nelson entitled, The Last Year of the War. It is a book about one young woman’s experience at an evangelical

Recently, I had the opportunity to go to church again. It was the first time in 5 months I had to see the people I used to see every Sunday. Now it was outside and it was not a full church service as I thought it was going to be.

A few weeks ago, I was fortunate to attend a seminar on decision-making and human behavior. The presenter discussed how when it comes to making decisions, we humans do not know what we are doing! He said we have limited attention spans and we use rules of thumb and herding (the

I don’t like to talk about religion with my friends. It always leads to problems and you are guaranteed to offend someone. This dislike comes from going to a Christian college where everyone had an opinion (and thought everyone else wanted to hear it) on whether or not we should drink,

This is the final part of my comparison between the French Revolution and events happening today. The killing and chaos that was caused by the ineptitude of the French monarch, the revolutionaries, the rise of the far left liberals and their Reign of Terror, and the murdering of any who

17,000 People. 17,000 men and women, brothers and sisters, wives and husbands, sons and daughters. That is how many people it is estimated the liberals murdered by guillotine during the Reign of Terror in the name of liberty, fraternity and equality. During this time, all you basically had to do

The real legacy of the French Revolution seems to me to have been radicalization leading to hysteria and death and bloodshed. Similar to 1984, in the novel by George Orwell and many historical revolutions, all it took to have someone sent for re-education or to be put in prison or