We are suckers for sappy movies. And its not hard to write a screenplay guaranteed to strum the heartstrings and shrink wrap eyes with tears. The formula is simple: take an forlorn animal in captivity, longing to spread it swings or stretch its paws or wag its fluke, add a plucky kid intent on its … Continue reading Free Willy
Author: Tim Constant
A Shot Of Fate
We have had a string of rainy days here in Northern Colorado, so much so that I have several clusters of mushrooms huddled in my front yard looking like a tourist group of bewildered spirits summoned from Sheol. But since we live in a high desert, most summers bring water restrictions in our county, so … Continue reading A Shot Of Fate
Singenuity
Introduction One of the achievements of the culture wars touted by progressives as a great victory is the sexual freedom of individuals from entrenched conservative ideologies. Leading this parade is the crowd of gay, trans and queer individuals that have multiplied faster than a Chinese kid in a math competition. Teenagers, particularly young girls, harvested … Continue reading Singenuity
The Gauntlet Has Been Thrown
Sheep, discontent with their shepherd, ought not demand a sheep dog. But this is precisely where the Israelites found themselves about 1000 BC. Though God had given them sufficient warning of the sticky-fingeredness of kings, Israel demanded to be like the other nations and have a couple of royal buns warming throne. God obliged. This … Continue reading The Gauntlet Has Been Thrown
Logicide and the Descent into Whateverism
An Introduction, Of Sorts Mission statement for 21st century This past fall, I packed up the wife and kiddies and visited my family in New Hampshire to see how we were all aging. As it turns out, my older brother looks a decade younger than I, with his thick tuft of hair and bag-less eyes, … Continue reading Logicide and the Descent into Whateverism
Ear Porn
Our lightning access to the collective knowledge of the world through the Internet comes with a sewage pipe emptying into our living rooms. Most attentive parents are careful what kinds of images flicker in their kids’ faces, and have dammed the gaping goop hole with blockers and restrictions, though it is impossible to plug up … Continue reading Ear Porn
An Intervention
Then he went home, and the crowd gathered again, so that they could not even eat. And when his family heard it, they went out to seize him, for they were saying, “He is out of his mind.” Mark 3:20-21 (ESV) "Either you are crazy, or we are all screwed. It's just easier this way." We … Continue reading An Intervention
Straight Straits
Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few. Matthew 7:13-14 (ESV) The Broad and Narrow Way To … Continue reading Straight Straits
Things that happened
A short story There were spiders, I remember. Not the delicate ones that spin modestly in unbothered corners. These were the fat, grape bellied browns that spanned the posts on the front porch and made you duck your way into the house. And there was the cemetery on the other side of the fence. Thats … Continue reading Things that happened
Trivial Pursuit
Introduction I'm going to play with a couple of Latin words here because each has a peculiar angle on a root word I want to ricochet off. And since Latin is a dead language I don't think it will mind if I dissect and sew a couple of meanings together. If you were a fishmonger's … Continue reading Trivial Pursuit
Thought Butter 