I think that is a question many of us are asking in Kingsport lately. What do you do when your local school system exchanges developmentally appropriate, experiential instruction for canned instruction which is almost entirely founded in test prep and critical thinking is jettisoned? What do you do when you […]
Transparency by Government Agencies
I am always a little bit astounded when government officials are surprised or even angered that I know something about what is going on behind closed doors. I have news for them. Government “by the people and for the people” is not supposed to be done in secret. Things shouldn’t […]
A July 4th Message
A story takes shape during the Battle of the Bulge during World War 2. Lt Lyle Bouk and 17 other soldiers (along with five artillery observers) were tasked with manning a quiet, Belgium outpost in Lanzerath. They knew it was a dangerous assignment due to its strategic location, due to […]
Dads, Stand Between Your Kids and Satan
As men, it is our job to spiritually protect our households. How do we do that and what does it look like? First and foremost, we must pray for our family. We must pray the Lord’s protection over them. Next, we must pay attention to the information which makes its […]
Public Education is Failing Men
Public education is failing men, both young and old. Truly, as a general rule(there are exceptions) it is failing all of our children. The current conceptual approach is out of touch and out of date. And more of us need to start talking about this. I am more convinced than […]
Remembered: June 6, 1944
I have shared this before, but it is worth sharing again and again… I was speaking to my class about D-Day one year. It was quiet. Almost instinctively, young people can sense the importance of that moment of history. I had finished talking, and then my assistant of 70+ years […]
D-Day Tribute: Andrew Jackson Higgins
Let me first be very clear, there are no braver men than those who ran up those beaches in a hail of German machine-gun fire on June 6, 1944. They road boats across turbulent seas, the door then dropped, and they immediately faced hell on Earth. The question of whether […]
The Tombs of Gerasenes
In the book of Mark, we are told of a man who lived among the tombs of Gerasenes. He had been chained on more than one occasion. He had broken those chains each time. Night and day he would cry out and cut himself with stones. He was a man […]
Movie/Play Review: Fiddler on the Roof
Fiddler on the Roof was met with mixed reviews when it premiered on Broadway in 1964. It ran smack in the face of undercurrents in some circles – it was too Jewish for many. I want you to watch the movie. I have seen the movie and the Broadway play. […]