For the want of a nail . . .

by | Aug 30, 2013 | Human Interest

I don’t typically devote my weekly blog to reporting on the status of my health. But the latest of circumstances suggests that such an update might be appropriate. Since several friends and family have called to check on me. A recent heart catherization revealed...

Editing as Reverse Plagiarism

by | Aug 22, 2013 | Ethics

Some time ago I “divorced” the, then, new editor of the “Faith and Values” section in the Sunday edition of Charleston’s Post and Courier newspaper. Since he so consistently changed what I had written to, instead, say what he wanted to...

What’s Good for the Goose . . .

by | Aug 15, 2013 | Gender Politics

I’ve spent most of the last four days in the hospital, the “highlight” of which involved the catherizing of my heart that revealed some blockage which needs un-blocking. So I’m scheduled for coronary bypass surgery on August 28. Having just...

Americans United

by | Aug 7, 2013 | Religion, Culture, and Politics

This Sunday, August 11 at 5 PM, I will be attending the local Charleston Chapter of Americans United for the Separation of Church and State (AU). The quarterly hour-and-a-half meetings are held in Gage Hall on Archdale Street. If you want more information, call me at...

Being Loved In Spite Of

by | Jul 4, 2013 | Balanced Living

Here’s another probing piece my friend, Barbara Bennett in St. Louis, forwarded to me on email. Written by author, Tim Criden, it has a darker, perhaps more cynical tone to it. Or is it merely realistic? Whatever–I think it’s worth reading–and...

Being Present

by | Jun 26, 2013 | Culture and Society

In recent weeks, I’ve received a couple of different articles, forwarded to me on email by my life-long friend, Barbara Bennett, who lives in St. Louis. Both of these pieces I’ve found so important, I’m passing them along in my weekly blog. This...

Three (Short) Human Interest Stories

by | Jun 19, 2013 | Human Interest

Prodigious pianist, teenager Micah McLaurin, is being celebrated in local classical music circles these days, having been awarded a scholarship to the prestigious Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. In recent years Micah has competed successfully in prominent...

Training or Education?

by | Jun 12, 2013 | Culture and Society

The current “graduation season”–from my grandson, Shepard Cadwell’s 4-year-old kindergarten “graduation” in Denver, Colorado, to a nation of high schools, colleges, universities and professional schools–reminds me of two...

Where Were You When . . .?

by | Jun 5, 2013 | Culture and Society

The “cover story” of the April 17 issue of the Christian Century reminded me of where and when I first read Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Letter From Birmingham Jail.” It was the summer of 1963–fifty years ago; I had just finished my...

Angelina and My Mom

by | May 30, 2013 | Women's Health

Movie star Angelina Jolie’s recent announcement that she has undergone a double mastectomy, a considered effort to try to avert breast cancer for which she has revealed her personal genetic propensity–it evokes memories of my mother and her health...