Here are some more thoughts from Camille Paglia.  This is from an interview with Bari Weiss of The Wall Street Journal.  Her insight about men being “intimidated” are right on.  “This PC gender politics thing – the way gender is being taught in the universities – in a very anti-male way,  it’s all about neutralization…

Every once and a while I run across a short article that just makes “plain sense” in this mixed up culture of ours.  One areas of great confusion is the stereotyping of the male and female roles.  While men have generally failed relationally to meet the needs of women  in our culture, I think the…

I appreciate the words from Madeleine L’Engle’s poem “After Annunciation” when I think about the confused state of Christmas in our culture.  These words in particular help me understand our confusion: “This is the irrational season/ When love blooms bright and wild/Had Mary been filled with reason/ There’d have been no room for the child.”…

In the first chapter of John’s gospel, we find two of John the Baptist’s disciples beginning to follow Jesus.  “Turning around, Jesus saw them following and asked, ‘What are you after?’”  That question remains throughout the rest of John’s gospel, suggesting that beneath everything else there is a search taking place.  At the end of…

Is it true that anxiety rather than doubt could be understood as being the opposite of faith in our walk with God.  I certainly can see this as being true in my journey.  If I pay attention to my soul life, anxiety and fear, gets a grip on my soul more often than doubts about…

Now here is a word you probably never heard before.  I came across it when I was reading Rhett Smith’s book, “What it Means to be a Man.”  Here is the paragraph: “Many boys are taught to be so proficient at burying their exuberance that they manage to bury it even from themselves. Recent research indicates…

We got a Costco advertisement recently in the mail.  They were advertising the new Intel Core Processors, that will allow you to do more with “blazing fast processing speeds and connect  confidently with built-in security.”  This will enable you to “unleash your power within.” It must mean from within your computer. Wow! What an appeal…

What would you say is the most frequent command in the bible?  N. T. Wright, a leading evangelical bible scholar, had this surprising answer. “What instruction, what order, is given, again and again, by God, by angels, by Jesus, by prophets and apostles?  What do you think – “Be good”? Be holy”?  Or, negatively, “Don’t…

No long ago I started reading a small book on prayer by Ronald Rolheiser, entitled  “Prayer – Our Deepest Longing.”  I was reading in the mall, while waiting for my wife.  I read the following quote.  It struck me powerfully because it said a lot about my journey in prayer. I want to share it…

I read an article about John Croyle, who played for “Bear” Bryant at Alabama and became an All-American defensive end.  He has written a book entitled, “The Two-Minute Drill to Manhood: A Proven Game Plan for Raising Sons.”  He has worked for years with abused, neglected and abandoned boys at his Big Oak Ranch.  The…