Habitat’s Grandfather

In recent days, our nation has celebrated, in particular, the life and legacy of the late Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.; and, in general, King’s vision in the ongoing struggle for civil rights on behalf of those dis-enfranchised, in whatever way, with...

To Hate Whom?

I recently attended a gathering at which an evolutionary biologist, a distinguished professor at South Carolina’s flagship university, offered his observations and answered questions from the audience following a video presentation sponsored by the National...

What Time Is It In Your Life?

In the “signature chapter” of my book, Balanced Living: Don’t Let Your Strength Become Your Weakness (Wipf and Stock, 2009), I mention several different “tensions,” common to our living, which challenge us to seek appropriate...

Tebowing

‘Tis the season for overdosing on football–college and the pros. And in the mix of such craziness–does any college team, hyperbolically speaking, not get to go to a bowl game?–is what is being called, these days, “Tebowing.” With...

A Christmas Parable

Henry Wilson was the youngest of the several Wilson children. In that while he had older brothers and sisters in high school, even college, Henry had just started school himself. If he was his parents’ mid-life baby, the apple of their eye, and pretty much doted...