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I blame my parents, really, for all my troubles. Mom had hearing so perfect she could hear paint dry.  Dad couldn't hear a low-yield nuclear weapon.  My sister took after Mom, and I - naturally - followed in my father's ever-silencing footsteps.  A huge schnoz, blue eyes, and hearing loss are my primary paternal genetic hand-me-downs.  Our mutual hearing loss was slowly progressive, making communication slightly harder as the years rolled by.  No big deal for me, really; I can't recall a time when Mom didn't tell people that I had "a little trouble hearing." As little boys are wont to … [Read more...] about Too Much of a Good Thing

My article yesterday gave some brief reflections on the Evangelicals for Life Conference that took place last week in Washington, DC.  As is true each year, the conference was held on the days surrounding the annual March for Life. The schedule is cleared during the afternoon on the Friday of the March, and conference participants are encouraged to participate in the March.  I enjoyed my first March for Life and hope to be able to participate again in the future.  Below are a few brief reflections. 1. I was impressed by the size of the crowd. This was my first March for Life, so I didn't … [Read more...] about The March for Life: Some Brief Reflections

The hostility toward Christianity is reaching a boiling point in some circles of our society. Evidently, a large segment of our society is offended and angered by the fact that we pray for one another when tragedy strikes. California representative Ted Lieu walked out of Congress' moment of silence that was honoring the victims of the massacre at First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs - a stunt to get attention to promote gun control legislation. When Paul Ryan tweeted a relatively benign blessing it set off a Twitter firestorm. The people of Sutherland Springs need our prayers … [Read more...] about And So We Pray: Answering the Anger over Christians’ “Thoughts and Prayers”