Cal Thomas: June 18, 2010 marked the 70th anniversary of Charles de Gaulle’s historic call to arms for the French to resist the Nazis and also Winston Churchill’s "finest hour" address. Another anniversary might have gone unnoticed were it not…
Twinkie-Fingered Gloves and other World Cup Matters that annoy Rick Reilly
Again, I am in Europe. I am doing my best with soccer. But, as did a previous post to which I linked, Rick Reilly’s list of things that bug him about the World Cup does strike a chord. Included in…
“It is better to suffer wrong. . .”
Samuel Johnson: It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not trust.
The valley we really love (Coach Lalor would like our choice of t-shirts)
Can you think of a way to help make your pastor’s family be excited about the place where they are called? I cannot describe how much our family has enjoyed the Lauterbrunnen Valley in Switzerland. One of our Lauterbrunnen neighbors…
Our family in Murren looking down on the Lauterbrunnen Valley in the Swiss alps
Always good to review Ricky’s material in the summer
Even if you aren’t a baseball fan, you’ll appreciate these lines. Here’s what you need to know. Rickey was a tremendous baseball player who didn’t lack for confidence and often talked to himself in the third person. (The collection is…
Ross Douthat: “For Want of a Goal”
Where I grew up we didn’t play much soccer. Indeed, we suspected that soccer wasn’t too far from good old fashioned communism. Still, we are in Europe for a few weeks and my family is getting into the World Cup…
Steeples in the valleys and the most fortuitous moment in human history
The picture to the right is of Jamie and me in the Lauterbrunnen Valley in Switzerland. One cannot look at too many village landscapes in Western Europe, without seeing a steeple. I recall once reading that Calvin said when Paul…
The Generosity Matrix
Some helpful thoughts on giving from Justin Taylor and J.D. Greear: I’ve found this post by J.D. Greear to be very helpful in thinking about giving, generosity, and possessions. He begins by identifying two different extremes that Christians often hold…
The radio station received complaints when I suggested this summer science project . . .
Here is a summer science project. Do this one at your own risk. Choose an afternoon when the summer sun is burning down, get a magnifying glass and a pile of some dry combustible material. Dried leaves will work just…