Who’s Zoomin Who?
Lady Soul Areatha Franklin sang the peppy song "Who's Zoomin Who" in 1985. The album of the same name has never been out of print. But the idea is not original to the Queen of Soul. In the Sermon on … Continued
Good Week To Be a Jesuit!
The newly elected Pope Francis Bergoglio of Argentina is the first Jesuit to be voted pontiff. Small, private, Jesuit Gonzaga University in Spokane is currently ranked No. 1 in the men's college basketball polls. Nice going Ignatius. I don't know … Continued
Scary Grace
Could it be that we are afraid of grace? Absolutely. Because real grace will probably cause one to change. In other words, most of us would love to receive grace but hang on to patterns or things that sometimes cause … Continued
Growing Up Next To the Problem
Carl Jung said that the greatest and most important problems of life are fundamentally unsolveable. They can only be outgrown. That's not a cop out. 4000 years of living together and we still can't get along. This doesn't mean give … Continued
Many Roads To God?
The "Many Roads to God" idea is sometimes confronted by those trying to vigilantly defend the great truths of Christianity. Of course, their position is that there is only 1 road. And they would be right. But what is sometimes … Continued
Two Victors: Hugo, Frankl
In Victor Hugo's Les Miserables, the main character Jean Valjean returns a Bishop's kindness by stealing the silverware. After he was arrested, it was Bishop Myriel's radical act of mercy and challenging words to Jean that began Valjean's turnaround. It … Continued
Blessed Are the Meek
The 3rd Beatitude in Jesus' Sermon on the Mount says that meek people will be blessed and inherit the earth. I hope that the areas of the earth included in the inheritance have a rich deposit of gold ore and … Continued
Debacle Calculus
Failure is inevitable, but the recovery process is where the war is won or lost. Our pride and ego will struggle to the bitter end to protect themselves from exposure. Unfortunately, while these 2 liars ramp up the blame, shame … Continued
“What’ll Ya Have!”
"What'll ya have!" is the greeting/response you will get when you visit the Varsity Drive-In located in Atlanta, GA. Founded in 1928, the Varsity is near the Georgia Tech campus and has its own language and culture. The dynamo of … Continued
Banana Slugs, the Cardinal, and the Geoducks
Watching this year's college hoop regular seaon wind down, I wonder about the psychological impact some of the schools nicknames have on their teams. Take Stanford University, they are "The Cardinal." Yet, it is not a bird. It is not … Continued