The Arrow's Path

I had a bit of a discussion (read: argument) with a friend of mine last night over this very issue. I don't think either of us convinced each other, which reminded me of why I despise having debates on Facebook because it largely is for naught in terms of persuasion. He made an interesting point which I had not considered, which I really disagreed with but was a serious fundamental difference that was not going to be resolved through Facebook snark. (I admit now upon sleeping on it that I should have just walked away and not gotten involved, which I usually try to do, but, hey, we all make mistakes...) His point was, coming from a Southern Baptist Evangelical position that "that you have to get the doctrine right, or else there can be no ground for social justice." His reasoning was that everything flows from Jesus, which had a logic to it in its own way, though I vehemently disagreed. Yes, Jesus is central, but like David said above, you don't feed steak to a ba...

I have no words for this .

Seriously, haven't any of these scientists ever read any science fiction novels?

It is important to take in immigrants .

No bake peanut butter bars... I'm not kidding .

We have to do something about this refugee crisis .

Thousands of migrants are dying every month while trying to enter Europe. Why are they fleeing and risking their lives? Posted by The Telegraph on Tuesday, 1 September 2015

In case you have forgotten: From my friend, Hussam, in Syria. 

I am about tired of canning tomatoes.

Care to take a guess before you look ?

Was it Wrong to Drop the Atom Bomb on Japan? Was it Wrong to Drop the Atom Bomb on Japan?In recent years, President Truman's decision to bomb Hiroshima and Nagasaki to end WWII has been condemned as immoral. Yet this interpretation relies on a poor understanding of history that both lacks perspective and ignores context. In five minutes, Notre Dame history professor Father William Miscamble explains. Posted by Prager University on Wednesday, 5 August 2015

My latest editorial on Shine Catholic is up with the launch today . Enjoy.

Sigh ... I think Jesus had something to say about this.

The biography page of the writers in my new blog venture is up . I think we have an interesting mix of folks.

I have been asked to be a writer/visual editor for a new evangelism/Catholic thought blog venture called www.shinecatholic.com  We are scheduled to launch on August 1st of this year. We have some interesting writers in the hopper, with new content daily. That is all I am at liberty to divulge at this point. More to come on this later.

It is the Party of Lincoln after all...but what does this Leftover Dixiecrat know. Cowards. Cowards all.  GOP-controlled  SC legislature  votes to take down Confederate flag from Statehouse veterans memorial. SC Republican US Senators  Lindsey Graham and Tim Scott  call for Confederate flag to come down. SC Republican Governor  Nikki Haley  celebrates removal of Confederate flag. Alabama's Republican Governor  Robert Bentley  ordered the Confederate flag removed from a Statehouse veterans memorial. Mississippi's Republican House Speaker  Philip Gunn  calls for State flag to be changed to eliminate Confederate symbol. Mississippi's Republican US Senators  Thad Cochran and Roger Wicker  call for State flag to be changed to get rid of Confederate flag. Arkansas' Republican Governor  Asa Hutchinson  applauded Wal-Mart's decision to stop selling merchandise featuring the Confederate flag. Georgia's Repub...

With all the flap over the Confederate flag and ludicrous knee jerk reactions , I can't get the chorus of the old Randy Travis song out of my head: "Digging up bones, I'm digging up bones...  exhuming things that's better left alone... I'm resurrecting memories of a love that's dead and gone.  I'm just sitting alone here digging up bones." There's wisdom in that.

Video by Yours Truly.