Opinion
Judge Judy vs. Jeopardy: Smart, relevant people choose smart, revelant TV
Is most modern American TV programming really that measurably intellectually inferior, or does it just seem to be stupid, boring and spectacularly unoriginal?
Before I answer that question, let... Praying for rain -- til Saturday night
The extra batteries are in the camera bag; the spare knee brace in the suitcase.
As I prepare for a late week trip to Tennessee and Kentucky, I have one huge fear: That something big will happe...
Letter to the Editor: Benghazi Answers?
Supporters of President Obama will stand by him no matter what. It is interesting that Chris Mathews is now a critic at least temporarily. Critics of Pres. Bush an...
Lessons in news photography
I've been asked to teach the basics of photography to some area teens. I enjoy this part of my job -- sharing what I know (or think I know) with others, especially the people we call "kids... Pastor's Blog - PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE
The show, "Neat," on the ION network has inspired me to get back to a regular practice of going through my stuff and organizing it by the "keep, give away, toss or re... Fantasy Explorers: Why men REALLY refuse to ask for directions
“Why are we going this way?”
“Where are we going?”
“Why can’t we just go the way we always go?”
I have heard these questions countl...
The Prayer of Mike: 10 words of wisdom from an Iowa farmer
Every so often, a new prayer craze catches on among American Christians. Someone writes about a new or newly re-discovered way to find God, or at least talk to him.
Soon, a cultural phenomenon...
Pastor's Blog - SATURDAY MORNING
There are other things I'd rather be doing on a Saturday morning, but duty calls ...
The kitchen is threatening to produce a new life form unless I get a week's wor... Pastor's Blog - FIRE AND WATER
Walt Disney's "The Lion King" opens as animals from all over the African savanna gather to meet a new prince, the recently born cub of the Lion King.
... The three lists in every man's head (and heart)
"WHAT are we looking for?!?!?!?"
A clearly-irritated female voice echoed across the aisle of a building supply store.
I do not know the lady or her husband. (I assume ...