Different Yet The Same
It is one of the most amazing accounts in the Bible, and absolutely one of my favorites: the last Chapter of the Gospel of John. Seven men in the most natural setting you can imagine talked and ate with a risen Jesus; He whom they knew to be crucified and »
Why French Parents Are Superior
A thought provoking article regarding how Americans fret over parenthood that was written by Pamela Druckerman for Wall Street Journal detailing her investigation of French parenting. Driven by her self-proclaimed maternal desperation, the article entitled "Why French Parents are Superior" talks of how the French are raising happy, well-behaved children »
High School Report: U.S. Ninth Worst for High School Dropouts
The United States now ranks near the bottom of the list of advanced economies for its high school dropout rate — 23.3 percent of American students do not receive a high school diploma. Of the roughly 4 million students who enter high school each year, about 1 million will drop »
The Unbridgeable Great Chasm
Blood and gore; maggots and worms. Cinematography, the art and science of creating movies on the big screen and television, has come a long way in one century. It has progressed from the herky-jerky silent screen to producing almost anything the eye can imagine; and it can depict death in »
Civil Discourse on Life Support?
Uncivil discourse is once again in the headlines, if indeed it ever left it, especially when the attention-drawing offending words came from a famous conservative pundit. Is this not always the case, the conservative draws the ire of the media while previous far more vile remarks do not even raise »
Afraid To Die
Are you afraid to die? Obviously, those who take their own life fear pain more than death. Dying is preferable in their perspective than what they are experiencing in the moment, or in their recent past. The majority of people seek to live with a natural instinct for life, and »
PAYH Wins First Prize in Spartan Race
On March 10th the Paul Anderson Youth Home (PAYH) won first place out of over 5000 competitors in the Spartan Race in Conyers, Georgia. PAYH young men: Chad, David, Dillon, and Sam, as well as Brooks Sullards (alumnus (’90) and staff member) competed as a team and won first place »
Are your children on Facebook?
Here is an interesting article regarding children who are under the age of 13 on Facebook released by Redbook Magazine asking the question; "Are your children on Facebook?" Some of the highlights of the articles are worth noting as we navigate raising our children in an online world. We want »
Peace
The peace symbol of two spread fingers is fairly universally recognized and used in every culture. The peace symbol, designed originally for the nuclear-disarmament movement, has become a sign for all kinds of ideas and associations and even a fashion imprint on every type of clothing, jewelry, and what »
Left To Themselves
Far too often our children are left to themselves to figure out life largely, if not entirely, on their own. Last week a nine year old boy took his mother’s loaded handgun to school in his backpack. The result when he dropped his backpack on his desk was a critically »
Vigilance in the Face of the Lion
43 years ago I was a rifle platoon leader engaged in battle in Viet Nam. Fortunately, I was but 23 years old. I know I do not have the same physical energy four decades later. There were no front lines in this war. The Viet Cong, unlike the North »
