Is there anyone but me who finds it difficult to make sense out of the paradoxes that are on display around the world? For most of the last two centuries, America was assumed to be the country most aligned with the Christian faith. Today vestiges of that era are being dismantled. Operating under the banner …
It seems like we’ve lost it. Is there any chance of bringing it back? And, if so: who are the people most likely to be the source of recovery? No need to be coy and secretive; in a page, I have limited space to sneak in on the subject through a clever story or a …
Halftime. It’s the book – written by my now-in-Heaven friend Bob Buford – that launched The Master’s Program. Published in 1994, Bob argues that early career success is not life’s main event; rather – for Christians – it is merely the opening act for a later reinvention that will qualify as eternally significant. Bob’s challenge …
It’s Monday morning. Perhaps the Point of View is one of your Monday morning routines: you allow me to have this conversation with you before you head out the door and engage your week. What challenges are waiting for you as you hang your virtual “Open for Business” invitation for trouble? There’s no lack of …
It was on a RCA television – black-and-white, 18” diagonal screen – that I saw my first movie, The Ten Commandments. Made in 1956 by Cecil B. DeMille, it was the epic Bible drama (which allowed it to pass muster for our family entertainment). I was probably six when I managed to sit through the …
Pro Bowl LXXII; Super Bowl LVI. That’s the difference between 72 and 56 years; one of those is “long in tooth;” the other continues to grow in popularity. The first Super Bowl was played on January 15, 1967, and its origin was part of the multi-year process through which the National and American Football Leagues …
What’s your outlet for adventure? If you had a week to feed your soul and raise your sense of wellbeing, what would you do? For me – for the last 45 years – white water rafting has been among my top-three choices. I’ve run over 5000 miles of America’s rivers: not as a customer on …
MLK. I am not trivially referring to the tenth and final track on U2’s 1984 album, The Unforgettable Fire. But rather an American we celebrate each year whose pastoral vision of America’s future became the mantra of the entire western world. What do you think when you hear the word vision? If you are younger, …
What’s New? Answer: everything. Last Friday, arguments were heard in two Supreme Court cases while the Omicron hurricane swirled outside. All but one justice appeared in the now-common new fashion, masked while hearing and considering the positions. Justice Sonia Sotomayer was even more avant-garde: she participated remotely from her office rather than joining her contemporaries in the main …
True confession: I spent last week – between Christmas and New Years – at an “undisclosed location,” with the Shank Clan (12 of us, as I count heads in the Christmas Card picture). I didn’t do much “work,” but what I did with them will have lasting effects in my life column marked “legacy.” Okay, …