by drmontyknight | Feb 16, 2012 | Marriage and Family Life
Having celebrated Valentine’s Day earlier this week, a brief discussion of the section on “Love” in the late Scott Peck’s 1976 best seller, The Road Less Traveled, seems in order. I actually assign this reading to the students I teach in a...
by drmontyknight | Feb 9, 2012 | Philosophy
Have there been any awards that Summerville (SC) High School’s John McKissick hasn’t won in his distinguished 60-year football coaching career? The latest being the “Don Shula NFL High School Coach of the Year” honor presented to McKissick at...
by drmontyknight | Feb 2, 2012 | Mental/Social Health
My childhood friend, who lives in St. Louis, frequently e-mails me articles on various topics. A recent one was a summary of a book by Australian author and song writer, Bronnie Ware, entitled The Top Five Regrets of the Dying. It reflects her experience working,...
by drmontyknight | Jan 25, 2012 | People Helping/Counseling
I was remiss in reaching out to my friend after he lost his job. In fact, he was out of work for nearly two years, and I failed to connect with him. He had worked faithfully and effectively in the same job for 18 years, but a corporate downsizing decision was made in...
by drmontyknight | Jan 19, 2012 | Religion and Culture
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...
by drmontyknight | Jan 11, 2012 | Religion, Culture, and Politics
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...
by drmontyknight | Jan 4, 2012 | Balanced Living
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...
by drmontyknight | Dec 28, 2011 | Religion and Culture
‘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...
by drmontyknight | Dec 21, 2011 | Children's Religion
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...
by drmontyknight | Dec 14, 2011 | Vocation
My friend and pastoral colleague over the past thirty years has announced his retirement. Monsignor Chris Lathem has faithfully served as pastor of the burgeoning St. John the Beloved Roman Catholic Church in Summerville (SC) for most of his nearly half-century of...
