Archive for August, 2010

Eat, Pray, Love?

Eat, Pray, Love?

We have been hearing it often, of late – eat, pray, love. This slogan is the title of author Elizabeth Gilbert’s best-selling book. Now it is the title of a recent movie release staring Julia Roberts and other big names. The 2006 book is a memoir chronicling the author’s trip around the world and what [...]

The Forgiveness of God

The Forgiveness of God

The war in Afghanistan is now America’s longest war. Not long ago it surpassed our length of involvement in Vietnam. There are a number of things at stake. Among them is a way of life. Islamic extremists hate the freedom of the West and seek to impose man-made rules upon the people and enforce the [...]

TV, Culture and the Human Heart

TV, Culture and the Human Heart

Have you ever noticed the kind of things that entertain us as Americans?  We are a culture no longer amused by I Love Lucy, The Brady Bunch, Leave it to Beaver, and Gilligan’s Island.  In the 70s, a shift was taking place toward a more racy type of fair.  Archie Bunker, Fred Sanford, and the [...]