Author: Tim Constant

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

Get some leaves! Introduction As a nurse, I get paid to know normal. A busted forearm is easy to spot because I am an expert in normal forearms. Come to the ER with your skin the color of Homer Simpson, and I know you got yourself a bum liver, because I know normal livers. You … Continue reading The Universal Solvent →

Westminster Shorter Catechism Q7 asks: Q. 7. What are the decrees of God?A. The decrees of God are, his eternal purpose, according to the counsel of his will, whereby, for his own glory, he hath foreordained whatsoever comes to pass - Westminster Shorter Catechism Basically this means that God does whatever comports with His own … Continue reading The Necessity Of Invention →

Introduction One of the assumptions taken for granted living in modern times is the fact we are living in modern times. We know it is 2022 and round about that many years ago time pivoted from counting down the BCs and began climbing into the ADs. But the people living around that time had no … Continue reading That Darkness Shall Not Overcome →

The following is an interview with Paul McKinney, PA, discussing his secular reasoning for why marriage is good for society. Thought Butter: Well, shall we begin? Paul McKinney: Let's do it. TB: Ok, thanks for being here with me and being willing to share your thoughts on marriage and society. As you made clear in … Continue reading Interview: Marriage And Society →

St Anne’s Catholic School was housed in an old church that erupted into the sky from the cracked asphalt of a Birmingham suburb. It had all invitation and gaiety of a crab. Like a crustacean, it was spiked and hard, and, like a crustacean, had reached a level of evolutionary laziness where it refused to change … Continue reading Modesty, Part 1: Beauty’s Condom →